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    Impressionist and 19th Century Art (Day sale)

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    13 May 1999

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    Lot 121

    Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

    Tte d'homme

    Price realised

    USD 145,500

    Estimate

    USD 70,000 - USD 90,000

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    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 and exhibited

    Literature

    P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. II, no. 115 (illustrated, p. 59).


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