Sale 7999
New York, East
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13 May 1997
Price realised
USD 10,580
Estimate
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Portrait de Daniel François stamped with signature bottom right 'Degas' (Lugt 658) charcoal on paper 6¾ x 4½in. (17 x 11cm.)
Provenance
Atelier Degas, Third Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 7-9, 1919, lot 132d (illustrated, p. 126) Captain Robert Langton Douglas, London (by descent to the present owner)
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