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Edgar Degas
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description
- Edgar Degas
- Danseuse agrafant l'épaulette de son corsage
- Inscribed Degas, numbered 64/D and stamped with the foundry mark Cire Perdue A.A. Hebrard
- Bronze
- Height: 13 3/4 in.
- 35 cm
Provenance
Walter Halvorsen, London
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York & Berlin (acquired from the above on August 12, 1929)
Kathe Levi Thannhauser, New York (wife of the above)
Else Levi, New York (a gift of the above before 1960)
Thence by descent
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York & Berlin (acquired from the above on August 12, 1929)
Kathe Levi Thannhauser, New York (wife of the above)
Else Levi, New York (a gift of the above before 1960)
Thence by descent
Literature
John Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, no. XXV, illustration of another cast n.p.
John Rewald, Degas Sculpture, The Complete Works, London, 1957, no. XXV, illustration of another cast pls. 71-72
Franco Russoli & Fiorella Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S28, illustration of another cast n.p.
Charles W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgas Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 63, illustration of another cast n.p.
John Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XXV, illustrations of the wax version and of another cast n.p.
Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 28, illustration of another cast n.p.
Sara Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," in Apollo, August 1995, no. 402, vol. CXLII, no. 64, illustration of another cast p. 42
Joseph S. Czestochowski & Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 64, illustration of another cast p. 247
Suzanne Glover Lindsay, Daphne S. Barbour & Shelley G. Sturman, Edgar Degas Sculpture, Washington, D.C., 2010, nos. 34 & 35, illustrations of another cast pp. 216-21
John Rewald, Degas Sculpture, The Complete Works, London, 1957, no. XXV, illustration of another cast pls. 71-72
Franco Russoli & Fiorella Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S28, illustration of another cast n.p.
Charles W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgas Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 63, illustration of another cast n.p.
John Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XXV, illustrations of the wax version and of another cast n.p.
Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 28, illustration of another cast n.p.
Sara Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," in Apollo, August 1995, no. 402, vol. CXLII, no. 64, illustration of another cast p. 42
Joseph S. Czestochowski & Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 64, illustration of another cast p. 247
Suzanne Glover Lindsay, Daphne S. Barbour & Shelley G. Sturman, Edgar Degas Sculpture, Washington, D.C., 2010, nos. 34 & 35, illustrations of another cast pp. 216-21
Condition
Attractive golden brown patina. Some dust in the crevices, consistent with age and handling. This work is in overall very good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The fervent exploration of movement is a defining feature of the oeuvre of Edgar Degas, and nowhere is his exceptional aptitude for representing the human form in motion more evident than in his sculptures. John Rewald wrote: "It was in his passionate search for movement that all the statuettes of dancers doing arabesques, bowing, rubbing their knees, putting their stockings on, etc., and of women arranging their hair, stretching, rubbing their neck and so on were created. All these women are caught in poses which represent one single instant, in an arrested movement which is pregnant with the movement just completed and the one about to follow. To use Baudelaire's words, Degas 'loved the human body as a material harmony, as a beautiful architecture with the addition of movement'" (John Rewald, op. cit., p. 23).