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Artist |
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Edgar Degas |
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Title |
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Danseuse au repos
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Medium |
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pastel and gouache |
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Size |
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23.2 x 25.2 in. / 59 x 64 cm. |
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Year |
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1879 - |
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Description |
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Executed circa 1879.
Signed Degas (lower right)
Pastel and gouache on joined paper |
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Misc. |
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Signed |
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Sale Of |
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Sotheby's New York: Monday, November 3, 2008
[Lot 14]
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
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Sold For |
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*
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Provenance |
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Jules-Emile Boivin, Paris (acquired in 1885, either directly from the artist or from Galerie Durand-Ruel, thence by descent and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 28, 1999, lot 4)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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Exhibition |
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Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Degas, 1924, no. 116
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Danse et Divertissements, 1948
Paris, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Degas dans les collections françaises, 1955, no. 87, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Edgar Degas 1834-1917, 1960, no. 26, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Degas, 1988, no. 214, illustrated in color in the catalogue
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Literature |
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Paul-André Lemoisne, "Artistes contemporains. Edgar Degas à propos d'une exposition récente," Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, vol. XLVI, Paris, June 1924, no. 1, pp. 102 and 103
René Huyghe, L'Amour de l'Art, Paris, 1931, illustrated, p. 281
Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. II, Paris, 1946, no. 560, illustrated p. 315
Pierre Cabanne, Degas Danseuses, Lausanne, 1960, illustrated in color p. 3
Franco Russoli, L'opera completa di Edgar Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 739, illustrated p. 120
Isabelle Cahn, Cadres de Peintres, Paris, 1989, no. 32, illustrated p. 66
Eva Mendgen, et al., In Perfect Harmony, Picture & Frame 1850-1920, Amsterdam, 1995, no. 116, illustrated in color p. 133
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