Lot 107
  • 107

Edgar Degas

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • Femme sortant du bain
  • inscribed Degas, numbered 71/C and stamped with the foundry mark A.A. Hébrard cire perdue
  • bronze
  • height: 42.3cm., 16 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris (acquired in 1952)
Mr & Mrs Adolphe A. Juviler, New York (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 19th May 1983, lot 320)
Purchased at the above sale by the late owner

Exhibited

Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin & Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, no. 181, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, no. 171, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Vienna, Albertina Museum, Goya bis Picasso. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2005, no. 70, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge - Von Rembrandt bis Picasso. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2007, no. 117, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Riehen & Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Edgar Degas, The Late Work, 2012-13, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

John Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture, a complete catalogue, New York, 1944, no. LIX, illustrations of another cast pp.124-25
John Rewald & Leonard von Matt, L'Œuvre sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, no. LIX, illustration of another cast pl. 79
Fiorella Minervino & Franco Russoli, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 565, illustration of another cast p. 145
Sara Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné' in Apollo, August 1995, no. 71, listed p.46, illustration of another cast p. 45
Joseph S. Czestochowski & Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, catalogue raisonné of the bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 71, illustration of another cast p. 260

Condition

Dark brown patina. There are some minor marks and scratches to the base, consistent with age and handling. Apart from some minor dust in the crevices, this work is in overall good conditon.
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