Lot 444
  • 444

EDGAR DEGAS | Italienne

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • Italienne
  • Stamped Degas (lower right); inscribed Rome (upper left)
  • Watercolor on paper
  • 11 1/8 by 5 3/4 in.
  • 28.2 by 14.6 cm
  • Executed circa 1856.

Provenance

Estate of the artist (and sold: Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Edgar Degas, 4ème vente, July 3-4, 1919, lot 64B)
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Sacha Guitry, Paris
Lenthal Collection, France (and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 28, 1978, lot 123)
Acquired at the above sale

Literature

Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. II, Paris, 1946, no. 16, illustrated p. 7

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The edges of the sheet are cut. The medium is well fresh and presents nicely. T-hinged to a mount at two places on the upper edge. Remnants of a previous mounting on the verso. Very small loss to the sheet at lower right edge which is not visible when the work is framed. A few extremely small spots of foxing as consistent with age at upper left.
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