Femme assise, s'essuyant la hanche gauche
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Degas, E.
Femme assise, s'essuyant la hanche gauche
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; on the front of the base); stamped with foundry mark and numbered 'A.A.HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE 54/G' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 18 in. (46.4 cm.)
Original wax version executed 1896-1911; this bronze version cast 1919-1921 in an edition of 22, with 20 casts lettered A through T plus one cast marked HER.D for the Degas heirs and one unnumbered cast for the founder Hbrard
Degas, E.
Femme assise, s'essuyant la hanche gauche
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; on the front of the base); stamped with foundry mark and numbered 'A.A.HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE 54/G' (on the right side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 18 in. (46.4 cm.)
Original wax version executed 1896-1911; this bronze version cast 1919-1921 in an edition of 22, with 20 casts lettered A through T plus one cast marked HER.D for the Degas heirs and one unnumbered cast for the founder Hbrard
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, London, 1944, p. 28, no. LXXI (wax version illustrated, p. 138; another cast illustrated, p. 139).
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 144, no. S59 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pl. 137 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonn, San Francisco, 1990, p. 180, no. LXXI (another cast illustrated, p. 180; wax version illustrated, p. 181).
A. Pingeot, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 68, no. 67 (another cast illustrated; incorrectly titled Femme assise dans un fauteuil s'essuyant le ct gauche).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 37, no. 54 (another cast illustrated).
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 144, no. S59 (another cast illustrated).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pl. 137 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonn, San Francisco, 1990, p. 180, no. LXXI (another cast illustrated, p. 180; wax version illustrated, p. 181).
A. Pingeot, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 68, no. 67 (another cast illustrated; incorrectly titled Femme assise dans un fauteuil s'essuyant le ct gauche).
S. Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, p. 37, no. 54 (another cast illustrated).