DEGAS Edgar, 1834-1917 - Lot 37

DEGAS Edgar, 1834-1917 Dancer adjusting the epaulette of her bodice. Bronze proof with shaded brown patina, lost-wax casting A. A. Hébrard, copy no. 64/F (from an edition of 20 proofs numbered A to T). On the terrace: - stamp mark: Degas - founder's mark: CIRE/PERDUE/A. A. HÉBRARD - 64/F Height: 35.4 cm; Terrace width: 15.7 cm; Terrace depth: 10 cm; Total depth: 10.4 cm Weight: 2.124 kg. Produced from the yellow-brown wax model designed between 1882 and 1895 (Rewald dating). Cast mainly between 1919 and 1937, according to Hébrard archives. BIBLIOGRAPHY : - J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture Catalogue Raisonne, New Edition, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1990, similar model described and reproduced as n°XXV, p.88 and also reproduced on p.42. - A. Pingeot, F.Horvat, Degas sculptures, Édition RMN, Paris, 1991, similar model described and reproduced under n°28 p.166. - 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°35, p.220. - 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.246 and 247. - 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 n°146, p.212. EXHIBITIONS : - Edgar Degas, Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris, 1952 (copy 64/F). - Edgar Degas, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, assembled by Max Kaganovitch (Paris) and Max Huggler (Kunstmuseum, Bern), 8-02 to 24-03-1952, no. 117 (copy 64/F). - The Sculptures of Edgar Degas, Galerie Chalette, New-York, assembled by Max Kaganovitch, Paris, 3-10 to 29-10-1955, n°11 (copy 64/F).