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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917) Group of angels, 1860
Graphite and c…
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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917) Group of angels, 1860
Graphite and c…
See original version (French)
Estimate €5,000 - €7,000
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Description
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Group of angels, 1860
Graphite and charcoal on paper
Situated 'Florence' and dated '1860' upper left
Degas' stamp [Lugt L658] lower left
(Small stain on right edge)
29,5 x 19,8 cm - 11 5/8 x 7 ¾ in.
Graphite and stump on paper, located 'Florence' and dated '1860' upper left, stamped with the 'Degas' mark lower left
Provenance :
Sale, Atelier Edgar Degas, 4th and final sale, Me Lair-Dubreuil, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 2, 3 and 4 July 1919, lot 93 a) (illustrated)
Possibly : Sale, title unknown, Me Pousse-Cornet, Blois, 13 November 1989, n° unknown (information kindly communicated by Mr Michel Schulman)
Private collection, France (acquired during the previous sale and offered to the current owner)
Bibliography:
Michel Schulman, Edgar Degas, 1834-1917, Catalogue raisonné numérique, MS: 4545
Notes:
This work is a partial repeat of Benozzo Gozzoli's fresco for the apse of the Cappella dei Magi (Florence, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, 1459).
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