EDGAR DEGAS | Danseuse, les bras levés

Estate of the Artist (sale: Galerie Georges Petit, 4ème Vente Atelier Edgar Degas, Paris, 2nd-4th July 1919, lot 145)
Sale: Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, May 1964, lot 243
Private Collection, Germany & Venezuela (purchased at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on card and hinged to the mount at the upper corners on the verso of the card and floating in the mount. There are a few very minor creases and tears along the extreme edges of the work, where some artist's pinholes are also visible. There are some scattered faint pin spots of foxing, mostly in the lower right quadrant. The work is in good overall condition.
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The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau.