LOT DETAILS

Materials:

charcoal and pastel on paper

Measurements:

23.74 in. (60.30 cm.) (height) by 11.69 in. (29.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Degas (upper right)

Exhibited:

Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, . Twentieth Century Master Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: From the Nowinski Collection , 1992, n.n., illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature:

Paul-André Lemoisne, . Degas et son œuvre, Supplément , Paris, 1894, no. 160, illustrated p. 175. Ambroise Vollard, . Quatre-vingt-dix-huit reproductions signées par Degas , Paris, 1914, illustrated pl. XL

Provenance:

Ambroise Vollard, Paris. Martin Fabiani, Paris (acquired by 1984). Marisa del Re Gallery, Inc., New York. Dr & Mrs Robert Nowinksi, New York (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 11th November 1992, lot 124). Gloria Gurney, New York (purchased at the above sale). Private Collection, New York (by descent from the above; sale: Sotheby's, New York, 8th November 2006, lot 144). Purchased at the above sale by the present owner