EDGAR DEGAS | HOMME DEBOUT

Auction Closed

June 29, 05:15 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Florida Collection

EDGAR DEGAS

1834 - 1917

HOMME DEBOUT

Signed Degas, numbered 36 and indistinctly inscribed (on the verso)

Pencil on paper

24¾ by 18¼ in. (62.8 by 46.3 cm)

Framed: 33 by 25½ in. (83.8 by 64.8 cm)

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau.

Estate of the artist

Private Collection, United States (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, October 5, 1992, lot 5)

Private Collection, United States (and sold: Sothebys, New York, November 5, 2014, lot 115)

Acquired at the above sale

It has been suggested that this work is possibly a nude self portrait of the artist.