Property from an Important European Collection
Edgar Degas
Deux danseuses
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important European Collection
Edgar Degas
1834 – 1917
Deux danseuses
stamped Degas (lower left)
pastel and charcoal on paper
63.9 by 54 cm. 25¼ by 21½ in.
Framed: 87.3 by 74 cm. 34⅜ by 29⅛ in.
Executed circa 1897.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau, and it is included in the archives of the artist.
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Atelier Degas, 1er Vente, 1918, lot 310
M. Marseille, Paris (acquired from the above sale)
Galerie Etienne Bignou, Paris (acquired by 1949)
E. J van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam
Mr. and Mrs. David Meltzer, Toronto (acquired from the above by 1951)
Private Collection, Toronto (thence by descent from the above)
Christie’s, New York, 14 May 1997, lot 35 (consigned by the above)
Christie’s, New York, 8 May 2000, lot 10
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Montreal Gazette, 17 February 1951, p. 18, illustrated
Toronto, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Loans from Toronto Collectors, 1957, no. 17
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