Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, la jambe gauche en avant

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse au repos, les mains sur les hanches, la jambe gauche en avant
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 8/HER.D AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown and red patina
Height: 15 in. (38 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1882-1895; 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

Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris.
Antonio Duntamarina, Argentina (acquired from the above).
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above).
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blumenthal, New Orleans (acquired from the above, August 1976).
By descent from the above to the present owner.