LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pastel, gouache and charcoal on paper

Measurements:

25.91 in. (65.80 cm.) (height) by 19.96 in. (50.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and indistinctly inscribed 'Degas' (upper right, see note)

Exhibited:

New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Edgar Degas, November - December 1978, no. 17 (illustrated). New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., XIX & XX Century Master Paintings, November - December 1983, no. 4.

Literature:

P. Lafond, Edgar Degas, vol. II, Paris, 1918-19, p. 27. H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Portland, Maine, 1931, p. 371 (illustrated). P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. II, Paris, 1946, no. 460, p. 252 (illustrated p. 253). L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, no. 103, p. 372 (illustrated p. 33, titled 'Deux danseuses executant 'grand battements à la seconde à la barre''). L. Browse, Edgar Degas Ballet Dancers, London, 1960 (illustrated pl. 33). F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. 534 (illustrated p. 111). F. Weitzenhoffer, The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America, New York, 1986 (illustrated p. 136). R. Gordon & A. Forge, Degas, London, 1988, p. 276 (illustrated). Exh. cat., Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993, no. 218, p. 330-331 (illustrated p. 329).

Provenance:

Mr and Mrs H.O. Havemeyer, New York. Mrs Electra Havemeyer Webb (daughter of the above), New York, from 1929. Mrs Electra Webb Bostwick (daughter of the above), New York, from 1960; sale, Christie's, New York, 3 November 1982, lot 44 ($1,045,000). Acquired by the present owner circa 1985.