Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Grande arabesque, premier temps

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Grande arabesque, premier temps
stamped with signature and foundry mark and numbered ‘Degas 18/M A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE’ (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 19 1/8 in. (48.5 cm.)
Original wax model executed 1885-1890; 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

Saleroom Notice
Please note the additional exhibition:
Tampa Museum of Art, Degas: Form, Movement and the Antique, March-June 2011, p. 11 (incorrectly numbered as 16/HER).

Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Collection of Herbert and Adele Klapper