Lot 33
  • 33

Edgar Degas

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • Étude de nu
  • porte le cachet Degas (en bas à gauche)
  • impression rehaussée de pastel et fusain
  • 46,9 x 31,2 cm ; 18 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.

Provenance

Vente: Atelier Edgar Degas, 4ème vente, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, juillet 1919, lot 326
Collection de Casteja, Paris
Vente : Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 juin 1954, lot 30
Acquis lors de cette vente puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel

Literature

Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, vol. III, Paris, 1947, no. 120bis, reproduit p. 592

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on card. There are a few creases to the upper right corner (visible on the catalogue illustration) and a small paper loss at the centre of lower edge (visible on the catalogue illustration). There are two pinholes along the upper edge and a few scattered specks of foxing. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

stamped 'Degas' (lower left), monotype with pastel and charcoal on paper. Executed circa 1890.