Impressionist and Modern Art

Femme à sa Toilette, c. 1895-1900

With the stamped signature lower left Degas (L. 658)
Pastel on four joined sheets of paper laid on board
41 x 31.5cm. (16⅛ x 12⅜in.)

Grande Arabesque, troisième temps

Signed on the base Degas and stamped Cire perdue A. A. Hébrard and numbered 16/V and embossed with monogram seven times underneath the base rim AP (personally inscribed by Albino Palazzolo)
bronze with a rich dark brown patina
15½in. (38.8cm.) high

Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917)

Étude de Nu pour la Danseuse habillée (Étude pour La Danseuse de Quatorze Ans)

Stamped with the signature Degas on the base and bearing the foundry mark Cire perdue / A. A. Hebrard, 56/Q
bronze with dark brown patina
73.5 x 34.9 x 31 cm (28.9 x 13.7 x 12.2 in.)

Original wax model executed c. 1879-1880 and cast between 1919 and 1937 in an edition of 22, numbered A to T, plus 2 casts reserved for the Degas heirs, marked HER one for the founder Hébrard marked HER. D, and one unlettered cast. Pingeot lists 26 casts known and located.