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Property Formerly in the Collection of Frances and John L. Loeb
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cheval en marche
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cheval en marche
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 10/F A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 8¼ in. (21 cm.)
Length: 10½ in. (26.6 cm.)
Conceived between 1865 and 1881; this bronze version cast by 1921 in an edition of 22 numbered from A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Cheval en marche
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 10/F A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 8¼ in. (21 cm.)
Length: 10½ in. (26.6 cm.)
Conceived between 1865 and 1881; this bronze version cast by 1921 in an edition of 22 numbered from A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard
Provenance
Walther Halvorsen, London (1921).
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 29 April 1964, lot 81.
Ferber & Maison, London.
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York.
Frances and John L. Loeb, New York.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 29 April 1964, lot 81.
Ferber & Maison, London.
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York.
Frances and John L. Loeb, New York.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 20, no. X (another cast illustrated, p. 43).
P. Borel, Les Sculptures inédites de Degas, Geneva, 1949 (plaster version illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, New York, 1956, pp. 9, 20-22 and 142, no. X (another cast illustrated, pls. 9 and 20-22).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 144, no. S52 (another cast illustrated, p. 143).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pp. 20, 59 and 97, fig. 7 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, p. 62, no. X (another cast illustrated, p. 63; wax version illustrated, p. 62).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, no. 10 (another cast illustrated, p. 15).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, p. 141, no. 10 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 140; wax version illustrated, p. 141).
P. Borel, Les Sculptures inédites de Degas, Geneva, 1949 (plaster version illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, New York, 1956, pp. 9, 20-22 and 142, no. X (another cast illustrated, pls. 9 and 20-22).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 144, no. S52 (another cast illustrated, p. 143).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pp. 20, 59 and 97, fig. 7 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, p. 62, no. X (another cast illustrated, p. 63; wax version illustrated, p. 62).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, no. 10 (another cast illustrated, p. 15).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, p. 141, no. 10 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 140; wax version illustrated, p. 141).