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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Lot 171Property of La Salle University

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Etude pour Petites filles spartiates provoquant des garçons

Fermé16 May 2018

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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Etude pour Petites filles spartiates provoquant des garçons
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower left)
pencil with white heightening on paper
7 ¾ x 11 ½ in. (19.5 x 29.1 cm.)
Drawn circa 1860

(probably) Estate of the artist; First sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 6-8 December 1918, lot 62b.
Delius Giese Gallery, New York.
Wildenstein & Co. Ltd., London (acquired from the above, 1945).
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1959).
Joan and Lester Avnet, New York (acquired from the above, 1968); Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 18 March 1976, lot 14.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

In a letter of 19 March 2018, Professor Theodore Reff has stated his opinion that this drawing is by Edgar Degas.