Edgar Degas, (French, 1834-1917)
Tête, petite étude pour le portrait de Madame S. 14.5cm (5 11/16 in). high
Tête, petite étude pour le portrait de Madame S.
signed 'Degas', numbered '7/H' and stamped with the foundry mark 'CIRE PERDUE A A HEBRARD' (to the back of the neck, verso)
bronze with dark-brown patina
14.5cm (5 11/16 in) high
Conceived circa 1892 and cast in an edition of 21 between 1919 and 1937, numbered A to T plus one artist's proof and two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard.
Provenance
Alfred Flechtheim Collection, Düsseldorf, 1926.
Private collection, UK.
Literature
Exh. cat, Exposition des Sculptures de Degas, Paris, 1921, no. 69.
G. Bazin, 'Degas sculpteur', in L'Amour de l'Art, July 1931, fig. 73.
J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 83).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works, London, 1957, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 148, fig. 11).
J. Lassaigne & F. Minervino, Tout l' uvre peint de Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S69.
C. W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 115 (another cast illustrated titled 'Portrait Head').
Exh. cat., Degas scultore, Florence, 1986, no. 7 (another cast illustrated).
A. Pingeot, A. Le Normand-Romain & L. de Margerie, Muse?e d'Orsay, catalogue sommaire illustre? des sculptures, Paris, 1986, no. RF 2133.
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 100).
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 69 (another cast illustrated p. 186).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné', in Apollo, August 1995, no. 7 (another cast illustrated p. 14).
J. S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, New York, 2002, no. 7 (another cast illustrated pp. 134 - 135).
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Tête, petite étude pour le portrait de Madame S. 14.5cm (5 11/16 in). high
Tête, petite étude pour le portrait de Madame S.
signed 'Degas', numbered '7/H' and stamped with the foundry mark 'CIRE PERDUE A A HEBRARD' (to the back of the neck, verso)
bronze with dark-brown patina
14.5cm (5 11/16 in) high
Conceived circa 1892 and cast in an edition of 21 between 1919 and 1937, numbered A to T plus one artist's proof and two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard.
Provenance
Alfred Flechtheim Collection, Düsseldorf, 1926.
Private collection, UK.
Literature
Exh. cat, Exposition des Sculptures de Degas, Paris, 1921, no. 69.
G. Bazin, 'Degas sculpteur', in L'Amour de l'Art, July 1931, fig. 73.
J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 83).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works, London, 1957, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 148, fig. 11).
J. Lassaigne & F. Minervino, Tout l' uvre peint de Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S69.
C. W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, no. 115 (another cast illustrated titled 'Portrait Head').
Exh. cat., Degas scultore, Florence, 1986, no. 7 (another cast illustrated).
A. Pingeot, A. Le Normand-Romain & L. de Margerie, Muse?e d'Orsay, catalogue sommaire illustre? des sculptures, Paris, 1986, no. RF 2133.
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XXXI (another cast illustrated p. 100).
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 69 (another cast illustrated p. 186).
S. Campbell, 'Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné', in Apollo, August 1995, no. 7 (another cast illustrated p. 14).
J. S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, New York, 2002, no. 7 (another cast illustrated pp. 134 - 135).
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