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Trois danseuses
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Trois danseuses
signed 'Degas' (lower right)
pastel and charcoal on paper laid down on board
31 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (80 x 51.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1880
Trois danseuses
signed 'Degas' (lower right)
pastel and charcoal on paper laid down on board
31 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (80 x 51.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1880
Provenance
Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris.
Harris Whittemore, Connecticut, by whom acquired from the above in 1925; his estate sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 20 May 1948, lot 176.
Georges Wildenstein, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Florence J. Gould, Cannes, by whom acquired from the above in 1964; her estate sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 21 February 1985, lot 30.
Private collection.
Harris Whittemore, Connecticut, by whom acquired from the above in 1925; his estate sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 20 May 1948, lot 176.
Georges Wildenstein, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Florence J. Gould, Cannes, by whom acquired from the above in 1964; her estate sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 21 February 1985, lot 30.
Private collection.
Literature
P. A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. II, Paris, 1946, no. 602, p. 342 (illustrated p. 343).
L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, p. 383, (illustrated pl. 137; titled ‘Trois Danseuses en Corselets, Debout’; dated 'circa 1884-1886').
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L’opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 767, p. 121 (illustrated).
I. Dunlop, Degas, London, 1979, no. 121, p. 7 (illustrated p. 135).
R. Kendall, Degas and the Little Dancer, exh. cat., Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska, 1998, fig. 3, p. 11 (illustrated).
L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, p. 383, (illustrated pl. 137; titled ‘Trois Danseuses en Corselets, Debout’; dated 'circa 1884-1886').
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L’opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 767, p. 121 (illustrated).
I. Dunlop, Degas, London, 1979, no. 121, p. 7 (illustrated p. 135).
R. Kendall, Degas and the Little Dancer, exh. cat., Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska, 1998, fig. 3, p. 11 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Connecticut, The Tuttle House, Exhibition of Paintings, April 1938, no. 6, p. 2.
Connecticut, Mattatuck Historical Society, on loan, 1941.
Washington, National Gallery of Art, on loan, 1944 - 1945.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., A Loan Exhibition of Degas, April - May 1949, no. 53, p. 57 (illustrated p. 33).
Connecticut, Mattatuck Historical Society, on loan, 1941.
Washington, National Gallery of Art, on loan, 1944 - 1945.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., A Loan Exhibition of Degas, April - May 1949, no. 53, p. 57 (illustrated p. 33).
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Brought to you by
Michelle McMullan
Head of Evening Sale