Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

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Property from the Collection of Professor James Fenton

Edgar Degas

Femme s'appuyant à un fauteuil (A study for Hélène Rouart in her Father's Study)

Auction Closed

January 26, 04:31 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Professor James Fenton

Edgar Degas

Paris 1834 - 1917

Femme s'appuyant à un fauteuil (A study for Hélène Rouart in her Father's Study)


Charcoal and stumping

311 by 200 mm; 12¼ by 7⅞ in.

The artist's studio (L.658),
by whose Estate sold, Paris, Galeries Georges Petit, Atelier Edgar Degas4ème vente, 2-4 July 1919, lot 135a;
sale, New York, Christie's, 19 November 1998, lot 233,
where purchased by the present owner