Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Lot 143

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Scène de ballet

Closed5 May 2011

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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Scène de ballet
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left); with Atelier stamp (Lugt 657; on the reverse)
watercolor and pastel over black Conté crayon and pencil on paper laid down on board
Image size: 12 x 24 3/8 in. (30.5 x 61.9 cm.)(irregular)
Mount size: 15 x 26½ in. (38.1 x 67.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1880

Estate of the artist; Second sale, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 11-13 December 1918, lot 59.
Gustave Pellet, Paris.
Maurice Exsteens, Le Vésinet (by descent from the above, by 1960).
Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Bern (by 1984); sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 23 June 1989, lot 19.