EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917) Femme s'épongeant le dos

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Femme s'épongeant le dos
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
black chalk and pastel on paper laid down on board
25 ¾ x 20 in. (65.3 x 51 cm.)
Executed circa 1887

Provenance
The artist's estate; First Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6-8 May 1918, lot 315.
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Durand Ruel Galleries, New York, by whom acquired from the above on 23 January 1920, until at least 1950.
Sam Salz Inc., New York.
Mr & Mrs Nathan L. Halpern, New York, by whom acquired from the above in October 1965, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 3 November 2004, lot 18.
Acquired at the above sale by The Peter Simon Collection.

Literature
P.-A Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, vol. III, Peintures et pastels, 1883-1908, Paris, 1946 no. 916, p. 534 (illustrated p. 535).