Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Cheval au galop sur le pied droit
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cheval au galop sur le pied droit
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 47 HER.D AA HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.)
Length: 18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.)
Original wax model executed in the late 1880s; 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
René de Gas, New Orleans.
Gaston de Gas Musson, New Orleans (by descent from the above).
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio (acquired from the above, 1949).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, 1963.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTION
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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cheval au galop sur le pied droit
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 47 HER.D AA HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.)
Length: 18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.)
Original wax model executed in the late 1880s; 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
René de Gas, New Orleans.
Gaston de Gas Musson, New Orleans (by descent from the above).
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio (acquired from the above, 1949).
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, 1963.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EAST COAST COLLECTION