Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Etude pour un portrait de femme
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pencil on paper
12 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (32.3 x 23.4 cm.)
來源
Estate of the artist; Fourth sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2-4 July 1919, lot 89a.
Main Street Gallery, Chicago.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1961.
The present work is from a group of studies related to the pastel Au Musée du Louvre (Lemoisne, no. 581), depicting Mary Cassatt in the Etruscan Gallery.