Lot 214
  • 214

Edgar Degas

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • Cheval galopant
  • Stamped Degas (lower left)
  • Charcoal on paper
  • 12 3/8 by 9 7/8 in.
  • 31.4 by 24.9 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist (and sold: Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 4ème Vente, July 2-4, 1919, lot 216d)
Henriquet
Private Collection
Sale: Lempertz, Cologne, December 4, 2004, lot 908
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Schmit, Degas, 1975, no. 74, illustrated in the catalogue (titled Cheval de dos)

Literature

Degas at the races (exhibition catalogue), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, fig. 82, illustrated in color p. 144

Condition

Work is in very good condition. Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down. The sheet is fixed to the mount along the edges. Lower and right edges are slightly irregular. There is an artist's pinhole in three of the four corners. The sheet is lightly time-darkened. A close inspection reveals a tiny restored nick and a faint flattened crease toward the upper left corner which are barely visible to the naked eye.
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