Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Femme s'essuyant les pieds

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Femme s'essuyant les pieds
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pastel on joined paper laid down on board
21 5/8 x 24 3/8 in. (54.8 x 62 cm.)
Drawn circa 1893

Provenance

Estate of the artist; First sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6-8 May 1918, lot 190.
Sommer collection, Paris.
Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin.
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (by 1927).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 1967).
The Hon. David Bathurst, London (1989).
Private collection; sale, Christie's, New York, 5 May 1998, lot 46.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

PROPERTY FROM AN ESTEEMED NEW YORK COLLECTION