Lot 312
  • 312

Edgar Degas

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Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • FEMME SORTANT DU BAIN
  • inscribed Degas, numbered 71/K and stamped with the foundry mark Cire perdue A. A. Hébrard
  • bronze
  • height: 42cm., 16 5/8 in.

Provenance

O'Hana Gallery, London (acquired in 1967)
Private Collection, United Kingdom
Private Collection, USA
Private Collection, The Netherlands
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Lefevre Gallery, The Complete Sculpture of Degas, 1976, no. 65, illustrated in the catalogue
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art & San Francisco, The San Francisco Museum of Art, Matisse. Painter as Sculptor, 2007-08, no. 152, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

John Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, London, 1944, no. LIX, illustration of another cast p. 27
John Rewald & Leonard von Matt, L'Œuvre sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, no. LIX, illustration of another cast pl. 79
Franco Russoli, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S65, illustration of another cast p. 145
Maurice Guillard (ed.), Degas, Form and Space, Paris, 1984, illustration of another cast p. 200
John Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. LIX, illustration of another cast p. 156
Anne Pingeot & Frank Horvat, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 65, illustrations of another cast pp. 65, 66 & 184
Sara Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné', in Apollo, London, August 1995, no. 71, illustration of another cast p. 45
Joseph S. Czestochowski & Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 71, illustration in colour of another cast p. 260

Condition

Attractive dark patina. There are some small spots of patina rubbing to the back, the top of the head and the forehead. Apart from some small spots of dark red discolouration to the recesses of the lower half of the sculpture, this work is in good condition.
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