Edgar Degas

Estate of the artist (and sold: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Edgar Degas, quatrième vente, July 2-4, 1919, lot 102a)
Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired at the above sale)
Durand-Ruel, New York (acquired from the above on January 2, 1920)
Albert A. Gallatin (acquired from the above on March 8, 1920)
Durand-Ruel, New York (acquired from the above on June 9, 1948)
Sam Salz Inc., New York
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan L. Halpern, New York (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent (and sold: Christie's, New York, November 3, 2004, lot 5)
Acquired at the above sale

New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Pastels and Drawings by Degas, 1920, no. 42
New York, Durand-Ruel, Drawings by Degas, 1948, no. 6
City Art Museum of St. Louis; Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Drawings by Degas, 1967, no. 21, illustrated in the catalogue

Jean Sutherland Boggs, "Edgar Degas in Naples," Burlington Magazine, June 1963, no. 25, p. 274

Executed on pink colored paper laid down on card. Faint mat stains around perimeter; sheet appears time-darkened overall. Edges deckled. Horizontal soft crease 1 inch above bottom edge, remedied by laying down process. Otherwise fine; work is in very good condition.
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