Lot 387
  • 387

Edgar Degas

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • Étude pour for "La fille de Jephte"
  • Stamped Degas (lower right)
  • Pencil on paper
  • 12 1/2 by 9 5/8 in.
  • 31.9 by 24.5 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist (and sold: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, July 2-4, 1919, lot 117d)
Maurice Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection, Paris (by descent from the above)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)
Kate Ganz Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above in 2004

Condition

This work is in overall good condition. Executed on cream wove paper with natural flecks, not laid down. The sheet is hinged to the mat at two places towards the upper edge. The upper edge is torn and there is a small nick to the edge of the sheet reinforced with Japan paper in the upper right corner. The sheet is lightly time-darkened.
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