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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Lot 257 PROPERTY FROM THE HEIRS OF MARQUET DE VASSELOT

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Danseuse au repos

Closed10 February 2011

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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse au repos
signed 'Degas' (lower right); inscribed 'si le corsage descend plus bas dans le dos on voit' (centre right)
pastel and charcoal on paper
12 x 18 5/8 in. (30.7 x 47.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1879

Martin Le Roy, Paris.
M & Mme Marquet de Vasselot, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, and thence by descent to the present owners.