Sale 9160
New York
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13 May 1999
Price realised
USD 145,500
Estimate
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Degas, E. Tte d'homme stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left) oil on canvas laid down on board 12 x 9 in. (31.1 x 23.5 cm.) Painted circa 1864
Provenance
The artist's studio; third sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 8 April 1919, lot 16 (illustrated). Pearson, Paris; sale, Paul Cassier, Berlin, 18 October 1927, lot 29 (illustrated, pl. XXIII). Joseph Hessel, Paris. Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1990, lot 324. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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Literature
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. II, no. 115 (illustrated, p. 59).
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