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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Lot 407 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION 

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Danseuse, les bras levés et ramenés derrière la tête

Closed10 February 2011

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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse, les bras levés et ramenés derrière la tête
stamped with the signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
charcoal and white chalk on paper
17¾ x 9 5/8 in. (44.9 x 24.4 cm.)

The artist's studio, second sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11-13 December 1918, lot 331 (illustrated p. 188).
Acquired in the 1960s-1970s and thence by descent to the present owners.

Specialist note

This work is one of five recorded drawings which are related to the figure of the dancer at the centre left of the oil Répétition d'un ballet sur la scène, circa 1876 (Lemoisne no. 400, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; cf. Lemoisne no. 402 & Atelier 2.331 & 4.276a).