EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Femme sortant du bain
signed 'Degas' (lower left)
pastel over monotype on paper laid down on board
11 3/8 x 15 3/8 in. (28.7 x 39 cm.)
Executed circa 1886-1889

Provenance
Georges Bernheim, Paris, by May 1913.
Dr George Viau, Paris, by 1919.
Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, by March 1920.
Galerie Barbazanges, Paris, by March 1921.
Durand-Ruel Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above, on 12 March 1921.
Mrs Ruth Swift Maguire, New York, by whom acquired from the above, on 16 April 1930.
Mrs Ruth Dunbar Sherwood, New York, by descent from the above in 1949, until at least 1974.
Tom Denton, New Mexico.
Gerald P. Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico (no. C-4294-P).
Eugene V. Thaw, New York, by whom acquired in 1983.
Mr & Mrs Thomas Gibson, London, by whom acquired from the above, on 9 February 1984.
Private collection, Japan, by whom acquired from the above.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1998, lot 14.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.