EDGAR DEGAS | DEUX DANSEUSES EN PROFIL

Auction Closed

June 29, 05:15 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

EDGAR DEGAS

1834 - 1917

DEUX DANSEUSES EN PROFIL

Stamped Degas (lower left)

Red chalk and pastel on card

21 by 16⅛ in. (53.3 by 41 cm)

Framed: 27 by 22½ in. (68.6 by 57.2 cm)

Executed circa 1885.

Estate of the artist (and sold: Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Degas, 3ème vente, December 11-13, 1918, lot 69)

Charles Vignier, Paris

Galerie Alfa, Paris

Evelyn Aimis Fine Art, Miami (acquired from the above in 2007)

Acquired from the above on June 4, 2007

Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. III, New York & London, 1984, no. 840, illustrated p. 486