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Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

LOT ID: 20537

Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit (quatrième étude), ie. circa 1895

Bronze, Valsuani Cast, from the lifetime plaster, Patina: Brun florentin

18.23 х 6.7 in. cm.

Stamped, "Degas"; Stamped, "CIRE / C. VALSUANI / PERDUE" on base; Stamped top of Right Foot; oval stamp, 'Reproduction' (by French Law)

Edition UNIQUE Proof Cast before the Valsuani Edition

Foundry/Publisher Airaindor-Valsuani, France

Lot description

With its impressionist, pedmarked surface, this work was radically finished when the wax was created in 1895, during the very beginning of the Modern period. With this study, the gesture of EDGAR DEGAS’ fingers has described the form in a perfect equilibrium with the dancer’s delicate pose. 18 inches in height.

NOTE: This is a bronze foundry proof from the lifetime plaster. It is not part of the 1998 Valsuani edition.

Biography & Links
Edgar Degas Biography

1834	Born Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas in Paris, France on July 19th

1855	Studied at the École des Beaux Arts, Paris, France

1856	Lived in Rome for 3 years

1861	Completed a few history paintings, including the Daughter of Jephthah

1862-1870	Painted portraits of his family and friends

1870	Served in the artillery during the Franco-Prussian War

1874	Stopped exhibiting at the Salon

1917	Died: in Paris, France on September 27th

1917	Died: in Paris, France on September 27th
Selected Exhibitions

1865	The Salon, Paris, France

1866	The Salon, Paris, France

1867	The Salon, Paris, France

1868	The Salon, Paris, France

1869	The Salon, Paris, France

1870	The Salon, Paris, France

1874	Société Anonyme des Artistes, Paris, France

1876	Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France

1877	3me Exposition de Peinture, 6 rue Le Peletier, Paris, France

1879	4me Exposition de Peinture, 28 avenue de l'Opéra, Paris, France

1880	5me Exposition de Peinture, 10 rue des Pyramides, Paris, France

1881	6me Exposition de Peinture, 35 boulevard des Capucines, Paris, France

1886	Works in Oil and Pastel by the Impressionists of Paris, The American Art Galleries; The National Academy of Design, New York, NY 8me Exposition de Peinture, 1 rue Laffitte, Paris, France

1892	Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (solo)

1905	Grafton Galleries, London, UK

1922	Exhibition of Bronzes by Degas, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (solo)

1925	Edgar Degas Sculpture, Ferargil Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

1974-1975	Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

1979	Degas and the Dance, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (solo)

1996-1997	Degas: Beyond Impressionism, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; The National Gallery, London, UK (solo)

2000	Degas Pastel Society: Eighth Biennial National Exhibition, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS (solo)

2003	Degas and the Dance, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)

2004	Degas Sculptures, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; The Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (solo) Degas and the Italians in Paris, Edinburgh's Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo) Art in the Making: Degas, The National Gallery, London, UK (solo) All 73 sculptures by Edgar Degas, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ (solo)

2005	Degas at Harvard, The Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, MA (solo)

2006	Degas at the Getty, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

2006-2007	Edgar Degas: The Last Landscapes, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (solo)

2007-2008	Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (solo)

2009	Degas: master of French art, The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia (solo) Edgar Degas. Intimity and Pose, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (solo)

2010-2012	Edgar Degas, The Private Impressionist, Works on Paper by the Artist and his Circle, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL; Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (solo)

	SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

	Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. National Gallery, London, UK Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Frick Collection, New York, NY Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France
Literature

1984	McMullen, Roy. Degas: His Life, Times, and Work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984

1987	Lipton, Eunice. Looking into Degas: Uneasy Images of Women and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987

1988	Thomson, Richard. Degas: The Nudes. London: Thames & Hudson, 1988

1992	Kendall, Richard and Griselda Pollock, eds. Dealing with Degas. London: Pandora, 1992

1995	Callen, Anthea. The Spectacular Body: Science, Method and Meaning in the Work of Degas. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995

Literature and Catalogue Raisoneé
Literature and Catalogue Raisoneé
Publication:

John Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, A complete catalogue, New York, 1944, no. LXI, cat. p. 27, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 127 Marguerite Rebatet, Degas, Paris, 1944, un autre exemplaire reproduit pl. 128 John Rewald, Degas sculpture, Complete Works, Londres, 1957, no. LXI, cat. p. 157, un autre exemplaire reproduit pls. 58-61 Pierre Cabanne, Edgar Degas, Paris, 1958, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 61 Charles W. Milliard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, un autre exemplaire reproduit pp. 18-19 Denys Sutton, Edgar Degas, Life and Work, New York, 1986, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 182 John Rewald, Degas Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XLIX, un autre exemplaire reproduit pp. 136-137 Anne Pingeot, Degas sculpture, Paris, 1991, no. 34, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 169 Sara Campbell, A Catalogue of Degas's Bronzes, Apollo, 1995, vol. CXLII, no. 40, un autre exemplaire reproduit p. 30
Condition Report
Condition Report
Current lot doesn't have any damage.
History and Provenance
History and Provenance
Provenance:
Leonardo Bounatian-Benatov Collection, Paris, France
Private Collection, USA

This is not part of the 1998 Valsuani Edition.

Exhibition:
Conceived circa 1882-1885; this bronze was cast by the Fonderie Valsuani in 1995 directly from the original life-time plaster.
Shipping Information
Shipping Information
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Shipping Weight: 15 lbs

Framing: No

Item Location: Nevada, USA

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