Edgar Degas

Henry Ittleson, Jr., New York
Thence by descent

John Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, illustration of the wax version p. 144 
Jacques Lassaigne & Fiorella Minervino, Toute l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, no. S74, illustration of another cast p. 145
Charles W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. xi, illustration of another cast  fig. 32
Ian Dunlop, Degas, London, 1979, no. 202, illustration of another cast p. 219
John Rewald, Degas' Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. LXXIV, illustration of another cast pp. 186-187
Sara Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, 1995, no. 402, p. 48, illustration of another cast fig. 72 (titled The Schoolgirl)
Joseph Czestochowski & Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Memphis, 2002, no. 74, illustration of another cast p. 268

Golden brown patina. Patina rubbing on the tip of the figure's nose, along her braided hair, and on her left hand at back; otherwise in excellent condition.
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