Live Auction 20025The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II: Eaton Square and Turville Grange
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Lot 28

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)

L'Écolière (Femme marchant dans la rue)

Closed15 April 2021

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GBP 56,250

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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
L'Écolière (Femme marchant dans la rue)
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'Degas (2) CIRE PERDUE A.A. HEBRARD' (on top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.)
Conceived circa 1880-1881; this example cast in bronze by Hébrard in 1956

red-painted Ford Inventory No. D-25 to base

Mme Nelly Hébrard, Paris.
Knoedler & Co., New York (no. A6527), by whom acquired from the above in December 1956.
Mr Henry Ford II, Grosse Pointe Farms, Palm Beach & London, by whom acquired from the above in February 1957, and thence by descent.

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