EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917) Tête, étude pour le portrait de Mathilde...

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Tête, étude pour le portrait de Mathilde Salle
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'DEGAS A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE 7/J' (Lugt 658; on the back)
bronze with black and green patina
Height: 5 ½ in. (14 cm.)
Conceived in 1892; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER respectively

Provenance
E. Bachmann, New York.
Harold Diamond, New York (until 1958).
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. (bequest from the above, 1966); sale, Christie's, New York, 3 November 1993, lot 101.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.