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EDGAR DEGAS | PORTRAIT DE DEGAS AVEC PAUL POUJAUD ET MARIE FONTAINE, 1896
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November 8, 04:55 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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EDGAR DEGAS
1834 - 1917
PORTRAIT DE DEGAS AVEC PAUL POUJAUD ET MARIE FONTAINE, 1896
tirage argentique, probablement tiré vers 1920
daté et annoté 'Photographie composée et faite par Degas chez E. Chausson - Mai 1895. Degas cause avec Mme Arthur Fontaine et Poujaud les observe' à l'encre noire par Paul Poujaud avec un tampon '053E-684' au verso
silver print, probably printed c. 1920
dated and annotated 'Photographie composée et faite par Degas chez E. Chausson - Mai 1895. Degas cause avec Mme Arthur Fontaine et Poujaud les observe' in black ink by Paul Poujaud with a stamp '053E-684' on the reverse
image: 4 ½ x 6 ½ in.; 11,6 x 16,7 cm;
feuille / sheet: 4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in.; 12,2 x 17,3 cm
Collection familiale Paul Poujaud
Malcolm Daniel, Edgard Degas, Photographer, cat. expo. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, New York, Abrams, 1998), ill. pl. 32, cat 30a (another print)
Photography had a important influence on the works of Edgar Degas who was passionate about this medium at an early stage.
This rare print is an example of a setting composed by Degas. Paul Poujaud, a lawyer and friend of Degas describes the scene in a letter to Marcel Guérin in 1931:
"This is a photograph made by Degas after dinner in the living room of Ernest Chausson in 1894, at the time of his strong passion for photography: Degas, in a very casual pose, Mrs. Arthur Fontaine, the sister of Mrs. Lerolle and Chausson, and I, Poujaud. Degas had composed the group and gave a signal to Guillaume Lerolle to release the shutter."(Guérin, Lettres de Degas, B. Grasset. Rev. ed., 1945, pp. 249-250)
An enlarged print of this image is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.