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Materials:

bronze with red and dark brown patina

Size Notes:

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Markings:

stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; on top of the base); numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '26/L AA HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE ' (on the side of the base); plus one cast marked ' HER.D ' for the Degas heirs and one cast marked ' HER ' for the founder Hébrard

Literature:

Ferargil, vol. 2, no. 2, New York, October 1926 (another cast illustrated on the cover). J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, no. XXVII, p. 23 (original wax model illustrated pl. 78; other casts illustrated pls. 79-80; dated 'circa 1886'). J. Rewald & L. von Matt, Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works, New York, 1956, no. XXVII, p. 146 (other casts illustrated pls. 76-78; dated 'circa 1886'). F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, no. S56, p. 144 (another cast illustrated; titled 'Donna in una tinoza'). C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pp. 9-10 & 107-108 (original wax model illustrated fig. 92, n.p.). I. Dunlop, Degas, New York, 1979, p. 216 (another cast illustrated fig. 199, p. 214). D. Sutton, Edgar Degas: Life and Work, New York, 1986, no. 238, p. 10 (another cast illustrated p. 246). R. Thomson, Degas: The Nudes, London, 1988, no. 154, p. 236 (original wax model illustrated n.p.). J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, no. XXVII, pp. 92-93 (another cast illustrated pp. 38 & 92; original wax model illustrated pp. 36 & 93; dated 'circa 1886'). A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 56, p. 179 (other casts illustrated pp. 118-119; original wax model illustrated p. 179). S. Campbell, 'Degas: The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné', in Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, London, August 1995, no. 26, pp. 23-24 (another cast illustrated fig. 26, p. 23). S. Sturman & D. Barbour, 'The Materials of the Sculptor: Degas' Techniques', in Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, London, August 1995, pp. 53-54 (original wax model illustrated fig. 7, p. 53). J.S. Czestochowski & A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 26, p. 173 (original wax model illustrated p. 172). S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D. Barbour & S. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, vol. II, Pasadena, 2009, no. 84, pp. 421-424 & 521-522 (original wax model illustrated p. 422; details of other casts illustrated pp. 421-424). S.G. Lindsay, D.S. Barbour & S.G. Sturman, Edgar Degas Sculpture, Washington, D.C., 2010, no. 42, pp. 250-258 & 365 (original wax model illustrated on the frontispiece & p. 253; other casts illustrated pp. 250, 255-256 & 365). B. Growe, Edgar Degas: On the Dance Floor of Modernity, Cologne, 2013, pp. 87-88 (another cast illustrated p. 87).

Provenance:

Private collection, Paris. M. Knoedler & Co., New York (no. A6217), by whom acquired from the above, in November 1955. Sylvester W. Labrot, Jr., New Orleans, by whom acquired from the above, on 21 February 1956. Private collection, Paris.