Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse regardant la plante de son pied droit
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 40/B AA HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 18 1/8 in. (46.1 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1895; this bronze version cast by 1922 in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A-T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard; marked 'HER' and 'HER.D' respectively

Provenance

The Hébrard Foundry, Paris (1922).
Ferargil Galleries, New York (1925).
C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York (1928).
Adolph Lewisohn, New York (acquired from the above).
Samuel A. Lewisohn, New York (by descent from the above, by 1938).
Margaret Seligman Lewisohn, New York (by descent from the above, 1952).
Adele and Arthur Lehman, New York (gift from the above, by 1954 and until at least 1965).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York.
Lucy Mitchell-Innes, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1996).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, circa 1996.

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