Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Préparation à la danse, pied droit en avant

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Préparation à la danse, pied droit en avant
stamped with signature and numbered ‘Degas 57/O’ (Lugt 658; on the side of the base); stamped with foundry mark ‘A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE’ (on the top of the base)
bronze with reddish brown patina
Height: 22 in. (55.8 cm.)
Original wax model executed in 1885-1890; this bronze version cast by 1927 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 (illustrated in color, p. 6, fig. 4a-b).

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