Live Auction 12070Impressionist & Modern Art Works on Paper
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Lot 1090 Property from the Estate of Emily A. Wingert

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Cavalier

Closed13 May 2016

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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cavalier
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pencil on paper laid down on paper
12 ½ x 9 5/8 in. (31.7 x 24.5 cm.)

Estate of the artist; Fourth sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 2-4 July 1919, lot 260B.
Albert S. Henraux, Paris (by 1953).
Otto Wertheimer, Paris.
Edwin C. Vogel, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1960); Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 17 October 1973, lot 7.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note

The present work is related to the left figure in Degas' oil painting Le départ pour la chasse, circa 1863-1865 and 1873 (Lemoisne, no. 119; Private collection).