HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Evening
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Evening
Edgar Degas
Portrait de Marguerite de Gas
Auction Closed
December 7, 05:45 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
Portrait de Marguerite de Gas
stamped Degas (lower left)
pencil and charcoal on paper
image size: 26.5 by 22.4cm., 10⅜ by 8⅞in.
sheet size: 31.5 by 26cm., 12⅜ by 10¼in.
Executed circa 1858-60.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau.
Estate of the Artist (sold: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Degas, 2ème Vente, 11th-13th December 1918, lot 240)
Jacques Seligmann, Paris & New York (purchased at the above sale)
Dr Vitale Bloch, Paris (acquired by 1952)
Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York (acquired by 1971)
Hilda Caplan Sonnenberg, New York (wife of the above; inherited from the above. Sold by her estate: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 23rd October 1980, lot 309)
Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above in 1993
Jacques Seligmann, Paris & New York (purchased at the above sale)
Dr Vitale Bloch, Paris (acquired by 1952)
Benjamin Sonnenberg, New York (acquired by 1971)
Hilda Caplan Sonnenberg, New York (wife of the above; inherited from the above. Sold by her estate: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 23rd October 1980, lot 309)
Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above in 1993
Mahonri Sharp Young, 'Teasures in Gramercy Park', in Apollo, March 1967, vol. LXXXV, fig. 3, illustrated p. 173