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Lot 801 |AN ENQUIRING EYE: PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Cheval caracolant
Closed14 May 2022
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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Cheval caracolant
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 65/B AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10 1⁄4 in. (26 cm.)
Width: 10 1⁄2 in. (26.6 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1885-1889; this bronze version cast by 1921 in an edition numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER, respectively
Cheval caracolant
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 65/B AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10 1⁄4 in. (26 cm.)
Width: 10 1⁄2 in. (26.6 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1885-1889; this bronze version cast by 1921 in an edition numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER, respectively
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Cheval caracolant
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 65/B AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10 1⁄4 in. (26 cm.)
Width: 10 1⁄2 in. (26.6 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1885-1889; this bronze version cast by 1921 in an edition numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER, respectively
Cheval caracolant
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 65/B AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 10 1⁄4 in. (26 cm.)
Width: 10 1⁄2 in. (26.6 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1885-1889; this bronze version cast by 1921 in an edition numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER, respectively
Walther Halvorsen, Oslo (by 1921).
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (by 1922).
Ferargil Galleries, New York (by 1925).
Mary Quinn Sullivan, New York; Estate sale, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, 30 April 1937, lot 220.
Walker Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Jo Mielziner, New York.
William Beadleston, Inc., New York (by 1984).
Amy Irving and Steven Spielberg, New York (acquired from the above).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1985.
Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York (by 1922).
Ferargil Galleries, New York (by 1925).
Mary Quinn Sullivan, New York; Estate sale, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, 30 April 1937, lot 220.
Walker Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Jo Mielziner, New York.
William Beadleston, Inc., New York (by 1984).
Amy Irving and Steven Spielberg, New York (acquired from the above).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1985.
J. Rewald, Degas Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 20, no. XVI (another cast illustrated, pl. 54).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works, New York, 1956, pp. 143-144, no. XVI (another cast illustrated, pl. 22; another cast illustrated again, fig. 5).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 143, no. S40 (another cast illustrated).
I. Dunlop, Degas, London, 1979, p. 195, no. 182 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, p. 72, no. XVI (another cast illustrated; original wax model illustrated, p. 73).
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 172, no. 40 (another cast illustrated; another cast illustrated again, pls. 98-99).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, pp. 42-43, no. 65 (another cast illustrated, p. 42).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, p. 249, no. 65 (another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, p. 249, no. 39 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 248-250).
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works, New York, 1956, pp. 143-144, no. XVI (another cast illustrated, pl. 22; another cast illustrated again, fig. 5).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 143, no. S40 (another cast illustrated).
I. Dunlop, Degas, London, 1979, p. 195, no. 182 (another cast illustrated).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, p. 72, no. XVI (another cast illustrated; original wax model illustrated, p. 73).
A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 172, no. 40 (another cast illustrated; another cast illustrated again, pls. 98-99).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, August 1995, pp. 42-43, no. 65 (another cast illustrated, p. 42).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, p. 249, no. 65 (another cast illustrated).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, p. 249, no. 39 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 248-250).
London, The Leicester Galleries (Ernest Brown & Phillips, Ltd.), Works in Sculpture of Edgar Degas, February-March 1923, no. 40.
Rome, Casa Editrice d'Arte Enzo Pinci, Seconda Biennale Romana, Mostra Internazionale di Belle Arti, November 1923-April 1924.
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Degas, April-May 1924, no. 293.
New York, Ferargil Galleries, Sculptures of Edgar Degas, October-November 1925, no. 40.
New York, Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., Bronzes and Drawings by Degas, April-May 1935, no. 16.
Rome, Casa Editrice d'Arte Enzo Pinci, Seconda Biennale Romana, Mostra Internazionale di Belle Arti, November 1923-April 1924.
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Degas, April-May 1924, no. 293.
New York, Ferargil Galleries, Sculptures of Edgar Degas, October-November 1925, no. 40.
New York, Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., Bronzes and Drawings by Degas, April-May 1935, no. 16.