LOT DETAILS

Materials:

red chalk, with strokes of brush and brown wash, lower right, on thin, light yellow paper

Measurements:

8.31 in. (21.10 cm.) (height) by 4.53 in. (11.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Ingres (lower left) and inscribed clair / ref (upper right)

Exhibited:

Tübingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen & Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Ingres und Delacroix: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, 1986, illustrated in colour in the catalogue New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, The Presence of Ingres, Important works by Ingres, Degas, Picasso, Matisse and Balthus, 1988, no. 21;; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, 1997-1998, fig. 193 Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin & Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, no. 65, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, no. 91, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Provenance:

Edgar Degas, Paris (Sale: Atelier Degas, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 26th -27th March 1918, lot 188); Bernheim-Jeune, Paris; Sacha Guitry, Paris; Mrs Drey, New York (Sold: 10th December 1985); Acquired from the above by the late owner