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224 - 224 Edgar DEGAS (1834–1917),
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224 Edgar DEGAS (1834–1917), Dancer adjusting the shoulder strap of her bodice Bronze sculpture with a nuanced light brown patina, signed ‘Degas’ Lost-wax casting by Hébrard. Bears the foundry’s stamp and the number ‘64/F’ H. 35.4 x W. 15.7 x D. 10.6 cm Cast from the yellow-brown wax model (NGA, Mellon Collection), created between 1882 and 1895 (dated by Rewald) and cast between 1917 and 1939. Provenance: former collection of Paul Baudouin (1894–1964), banker and politician. Bibliography: J. Rewald, *Degas’s Complete Sculpture Catalogue Raisonné*, New Edition, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1990, a similar model described and reproduced under no. XXV, p. 88, and also reproduced on p. 42; A. Pingeot, F. Horvat, *Degas Sculptures*, Paris, 1991, a similar model described and illustrated under no. 28, p. 166; J.S. Czestochowski, A. Pingeot, *Degas Sculpture*, Edmonton, Art Gallery of Alberta, 31 January 2010 to 30 May 2010, a similar model described and illustrated on pp. 246 and 247; B. Gaudichon, C. C
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