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Danseuse, position de quatrième devant sur la jambe gauche, troisième étude
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse, position de quatrième devant sur la jambe gauche, troisième étude
Stamped with the signature and with the foundry mark 'Degas CIRE PERDUE A.A.HEBRARD' (on the base); numbered '5/G' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 3/8 in. (57 cm.)
Conceived circa 1882-1885; this bronze version cast between 1919 and 1937 or later in an edition of 20 casts numbered A-T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard, marked HER nad HER.D respectively, and two further casts, marked AP and one unnumbered
Danseuse, position de quatrième devant sur la jambe gauche, troisième étude
Stamped with the signature and with the foundry mark 'Degas CIRE PERDUE A.A.HEBRARD' (on the base); numbered '5/G' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 22 3/8 in. (57 cm.)
Conceived circa 1882-1885; this bronze version cast between 1919 and 1937 or later in an edition of 20 casts numbered A-T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard, marked HER nad HER.D respectively, and two further casts, marked AP and one unnumbered
Provenance
Private collection, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 2 April 2007, lot 12.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 2 April 2007, lot 12.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A.A. Hébrard, Exposition des sculptures de Degas, exh. cat, Galerie, A.-A. Hébrard, Paris, 1921, no. 5.
L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, no. 218 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas: Sculpture - The Complete Works, New York, 1956, no. 44.
F. Russoli, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S10 (illustrated p. 141).
A. Pingeot, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 11.
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, catalogue raisonne of the bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 5 (another cast illustrated).
L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, no. 218 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas: Sculpture - The Complete Works, New York, 1956, no. 44.
F. Russoli, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S10 (illustrated p. 141).
A. Pingeot, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 11.
J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, catalogue raisonne of the bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 5 (another cast illustrated).
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