EDGAR DEGAS, (1834-1917)

Etude d'homme nu

Etude d'homme nu
with the signature 'Degas' and inscribed 'Rome' (lower right)
pencil on paper
17 5/16 x 11 7/16 in (44 x 29 cm)
Executed in Rome circa 1857-1858

We are grateful to Professor Theodore Reff for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

Provenance
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 9, 1957, lot 45.
Morris and Charlotte Kaiser Sprayregen Collection, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Private collection, Atlanta (by descent from the above in 1974).
Thence by descent to the present owner in 2019.

Exhibited
Atlanta, The High Museum of Art, Drawings from Georgia Collections, 19th & 20th Centuries, May 14 - June 28, 1981, no. 13.