Modern & Contemporary Discoveries including Works from the former Claude and Georges Pompidou Collection

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Property from an Important Private Collection

Edgar Degas

Étude pour "La fille de Jephté"

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Lot Closed

July 7, 02:41 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 EUR

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Description

Property from an Important Private Collection

Edgar Degas

1834 - 1917

Étude pour "La fille de Jephté"

stamped Degas (lower left); stamped Atelier Degas (lower right)

pencil on paper

visible dimensions: 31,5 x 19,7 cm; 12⅜ x 7¾ in.

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

Estate of the artist

Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Edgar Degas, 4^ème Vente Degas, 2-4 July 1919, lot 119 (consigned by the above)

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (no. 11549a; acquired at the above sale)

Jean and Marie-Louise d'Alayer (born Marie-Louise Durand-Ruel), Paris (by descent from the above in 1949)

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 May 1951, lot 13 (consigned by the above)

Private collection, Europe

Thence by descent to the present owner

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