Lot 158
  • 158

Edgar Degas

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • Femme se lavant la jambe gauche, deuxième étude
  • Inscribed with the signature Degas, numbered 61/F and stamped with the foundry mark Cire Perdue A.A. Hébrard
  • Bronze

  • Height: 7 7/8 in.
  • 20 cm

Provenance

Galerie A.A. Hébrard, Paris
Walter Halvorsen, London (acquired from the above in 1926)
Catherine J. Tudor-Hart, London (and sold from the estate: Sotheby's, London, March 28, 1973, lot 11)
Private Collection, Japan (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie A.A. Hébrard, Exposition des sculptures de Degas, 1926, no. 61

Literature

John Rewald, Degas Sculpture, The Complete Works, New York, 1956, no. 68, illustration of another cast n.p.
Anne Pingeot, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 64, illustration of another cast n.p.
Sarah Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," in Apollo, vol. CXLII, 1995, no. 61, illustration of another cast p. 41
Joseph S. Czestochowski & Anne Pingeot, eds., Degas Sculptures, Catalogue raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 61, illustration of another cast pp. 240-41

Condition

Varied green and reddish brown patina. Minor surface dirt and a few minor spots of acretion in deeper crevices around base and inside tub. Some very minor patina rubbing on figure's back, otherwise fine. Work is in very good condition.
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