Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Le bain

Details

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Le bain
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
counterproof on paper
25 1/8 x 18 7/8 in. (63.8 x 48 cm.)
Executed circa 1885

Provenance

Estate of the artist; Fourth sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2-4 July 1919, p. 292, lot 372 (illustrated).
Henri Rouart, Paris.
Anon. sale, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 14 May 1958, lot 219.
Martin Bodmer, Switzerland (acquired at the above sale).
Martin Bodmer Foundation (gift from the above, 1971); sale, Christie's, New York, 23 January 2002, lot 174.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Sale room notice

The authenticity of this drawing has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau.

Lot Essay

The present work began as a charcoal drawing, was then transferred to another sheet by being passed through a printing press face down on a blank piece of paper. It was a favoured method of allowing one image to be developed in two different directions, and other examples of this process are known.

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