Danseuse Assise, Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
Danseuse Assise
stamped Degas (lower right); stamped Atelier Ed. Degas on the verso
pastel and charcoal on paper mounted on card
57 by 41.9cm., 22½ by 16½in.
Framed: 94 by 77.4cm., 37 by 30½in.
Executed circa 1897-1900.
Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper, mounted onto a card (in the studio) and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained and there is some mount staining to the extreme edges, not visible when framed. There is a C-shaped repaired tear to the lower part of the extreme right edge and a number of other small repairs, general wear and nicks to parts of the extreme edges. There are two small repairs just above the top of the composition, both of which are approximately 10cm in from the upper corners. There are a few light surface scratches in places. This work is in overall good condition.
Provenance:
Atelier Edgar Degas (sold: Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 3ème Vente, 7th-9th April 1919, lot 170)
Vignier Collection, Paris (sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21st May 1931, lot 56)
Stoppenbach & Delestre, Ltd., London
Private Collection, USA (acquired from the above in 2004. Sold: Sotheby's, New York, 10th May 2016, lot 119)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
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Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
Danseuse Assise
stamped Degas (lower right); stamped Atelier Ed. Degas on the verso
pastel and charcoal on paper mounted on card
57 by 41.9cm., 22½ by 16½in.
Framed: 94 by 77.4cm., 37 by 30½in.
Executed circa 1897-1900.
Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper, mounted onto a card (in the studio) and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained and there is some mount staining to the extreme edges, not visible when framed. There is a C-shaped repaired tear to the lower part of the extreme right edge and a number of other small repairs, general wear and nicks to parts of the extreme edges. There are two small repairs just above the top of the composition, both of which are approximately 10cm in from the upper corners. There are a few light surface scratches in places. This work is in overall good condition.
Provenance:
Atelier Edgar Degas (sold: Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 3ème Vente, 7th-9th April 1919, lot 170)
Vignier Collection, Paris (sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21st May 1931, lot 56)
Stoppenbach & Delestre, Ltd., London
Private Collection, USA (acquired from the above in 2004. Sold: Sotheby's, New York, 10th May 2016, lot 119)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
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