Edgar Degas Cheval à l'abreuvoir
Property from a Private Japanese Collection
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
Cheval à l'abreuvoir
stamped Degas and with the foundry mark A.A. Hébrard Cire Perdue and numbered 13/G (on the base)
bronze
length: 8 ½ in. 21 cm.
Conceived in wax circa 1865-68; this example cast in bronze by the A.A. Hébrard Foundry, Paris, by 1924.
Condition Report:
This work is in very good condition. Bronze with dark brown patina. Very minor rubbing to the patina at the horse's withers. Minor instances of verdigris on the underside of the base.
Provenance:
Walther Halvorsen, London (acquired by 1924)
Henry Gage, 6th Viscount Gage, Firle Place, East Sussex (acquired circa 1932)
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in the mid-1980s)
Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above in 1986)
John C. Whitehead, New York (acquired from the above in 1986)
Christie's, New York, 15 May 2015, lot 1011 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Bid on this lot
Property from a Private Japanese Collection
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
Cheval à l'abreuvoir
stamped Degas and with the foundry mark A.A. Hébrard Cire Perdue and numbered 13/G (on the base)
bronze
length: 8 ½ in. 21 cm.
Conceived in wax circa 1865-68; this example cast in bronze by the A.A. Hébrard Foundry, Paris, by 1924.
Condition Report:
This work is in very good condition. Bronze with dark brown patina. Very minor rubbing to the patina at the horse's withers. Minor instances of verdigris on the underside of the base.
Provenance:
Walther Halvorsen, London (acquired by 1924)
Henry Gage, 6th Viscount Gage, Firle Place, East Sussex (acquired circa 1932)
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in the mid-1980s)
Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above in 1986)
John C. Whitehead, New York (acquired from the above in 1986)
Christie's, New York, 15 May 2015, lot 1011 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
