Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Property from a Private Collection, USA
Edgar Degas
Portrait of Célestine Fèvre
Lot Closed
March 26, 12:34 PM GMT
Estimate
28,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, USA
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
Portrait of Célestine Fèvre
dated 23 décembre 1867 (lower right)
pencil on paper
30.4 by 25.5cm., 12 by 10in.
Framed: 58.5 by 49cm., 23 by 19¼in.
Drawn on 23rd December 1867.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau.
The Fèvre Family (a gift from the artist)
Knoedler Gallery, New York
Private Collection, USA
Thence by descent to the present owner in 1966
Knoedler Gallery, New York
Private Collection, USA
Thence by descent to the present owner in 1966
Jeanne Fèvre & Pierre Cailler (ed), Mon oncle Degas, Geneva, 1949, illustrated pp. 64-65
Jean Sutherland Boggs, Portraits by Degas, 1962, mentioned p. 117
Jean Sutherland Boggs, Portraits by Degas, 1962, mentioned p. 117