DEGAS Edgar, 1834-1917 - Lot 59

DEGAS Edgar, 1834-1917 Arabesque on the right leg, right hand close to the ground, left arm out. Also known as Première arabesque penchée. Proof in bronze with black patina, lost-wax casting A. A. Hébrard, copy no. 2/K (from an edition of 20 proofs numbered A to T). On the terrace: - stamp mark: Degas - founder's mark: CIRE/PERDUE/A. A. HÉBRARD - 2/K Height: 27.7 cm; Total width: 41.8 cm; Terrace width: 37.4 cm; Depth: 20 cm Weight: 3.234 kg. Produced from the brown wax model designed between 1882 and 1895 (Rewald dating). Proofs cast mainly between 1919 and 1937, according to the Hébrard archives. Our proof n°2/K is mentioned as unlocated in the repertory compiled by Joseph S. Czestochowski and Anne Pingeot in 2002. (Slight traces of patina wear). BIBLIOGRAPHY : - Bronces by A. A. Hébrard, catalog of the 1929 exhibition at Galerias Witcomb, Buenos Aires, similar model described and reproduced under no. 19. - J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture Catalogue Raisonne, New Edition, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1990, similar model described and reproduced as n°XLI, p.121. - A. Pingeot, F. Horvat, Degas sculptures, édition RMN, Paris, 1991, similar model described and reproduced under n°3 p.154.- S. Glover Lindsay, D.S. Barbour, S.G. Sturman, Edgar Degas Sculpture, The Collection of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue, National Gallery of Art of Washington, 2010, similar model described and reproduced under n°33, p.213. - J.S. Czestochowski, A. Pingeot, Degas Sculpture, Edmonton, Art Gallery of Alberta, 31-01-2010 to 30-05-2010, similar model described and reproduced p.124 and 125 - B. Gaudichon, C. Chevillot, E. Papet, Degas sculpteur, exhibition catalog, La Piscine de Roubaix, 8-10-2010 to 16-01-2011, similar model described and reproduced under no. 98, p.175.