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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Lot 103 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Danseuse

Closed21 June 2012

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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse
signed and inscribed 'à Mr Lucien Pissarro Degas' (lower left); inscribed 'pas de bourrée à la paysanne pas de genre' (upper left)
charcoal and pastel on paper
12½ x 8 7/8 in. (31.6 x 22.5 cm.)
Executed in Paris in the 1880s

Acquired by the parents of the present owner probably circa 1950, and thence by descent.

Specialist note

In a letter dated 8 May 2012 Professor Theodore Reff confirms that, in his opinion, the present lot is an authentic work by Edgar Degas.