Property from an Important New York Collection
Edgar Degas
Danseuse s’exerçant à la barre
Auction Closed
November 14, 11:00 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important New York Collection
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
Danseuse s’exerçant à la barre
stamped Degas (lower left)
charcoal and white chalk on joined paper laid down on board
43 by 22⅞ in.
109.2 by 58.1 cm.
Executed circa 1900.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, and it is included in the archives of the artist.
Estate of the artist
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Edgar Degas, 1ère vente, 6-8 May 1918, lot 332 (consigned by the above)
Mme. Hébrard, Paris (acquired from the above and until at least 1955)
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in October 1967)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Edgar Degas, 1ère vente, 6-8 May 1918, lot 332 (consigned by the above)
Mme. Hébrard, Paris (acquired from the above and until at least 1955)
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in October 1967)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Paris, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Degas dans les collections françaises, 1955, no. 158 (titled Danseuse nue)