EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Danseuse rose
signed 'Degas.' (lower left)
pastel on paper laid down on card
16 ¾ x 12 ¼ in. (42.5 x 31.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1896

Provenance
Dr George Viau, Paris, by 1904; his second sale, Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, 21-22 March 1907, lot 109.
Mrs Joshua Montgomery Sears (née Sarah Carlisle Choate), Boston, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Wildenstein & Co., New York, by whom acquired from the above.
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above, on 17 August 1945.
The Reader's Digest Collection, New York, by whom acquired in 1945; their sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1998, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.