Name: EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Brand: A collection of twenty-two prints from the artist's canceled plates
Price: 6500.00 USD
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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
A collection of twenty-two prints from the artist's canceled plates
22 etchings with drypoint, seven on wove paper, fifteen on Japon, circa 1879-1880, from the editions of approximately 150 from the cancelled plates, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1920, each with full margins, in good condition
Largest Image: 11⁷⁄₈ x 5 in. (301 x 127 mm.)
Largest Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (315 x 347 mm.)

Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Henri M. Petiet, Paris (acquired from the estate of the above).

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Including: Mary Cassatt at the Louvre (Delteil 29; Reed and Shapiro 52); Edgar Degas: Self-portrait (Delteil; Reed and Shapiro 8); Mlle Nathalie Wolkonska (Delteil 11; Reed and Shapiro 11); Greek Landscape (Delteil 10; Reed and Shapiro 1); Édouard Manet, Bust-Length Portrait (Delteil 14; Reed and Shapiro 19); Manet Seated, Turned to the Right (Delteil 16; Reed and Shapiro 19); The Actress Ellen Andrée (Delteil 20; Reed and Shapiro 40); Two Dancers in a Rehearsal Room (Delteil 22; Reed and Shapiro 33); Two Dancers in the Wings (Delteil 23; Reed and Shapiro 39); A Singer (Delteil 25; Reed and Shapiro 34); Dancers in the Wings (Delteil 26; Reed Shapiro 47); At the Café des Ambassadeurs (Delteil 27; Reed and Shapiro 49); Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms (Delteil 28; Reed and Shapiro 50); On Stage III (Delteil 32; Reed and Shapiro 24); On Stage I (Delteil 33; Reed and Shapiro 22); The Little Dressing Room (Delteil 34; Reed and Shapiro 41); Dancer Putting on Her Shoe (Delteil 36; Reed and Shapiro 55); The Laundresses (Delteil 37; Reed and Shapiro 48); Leaving the Bath (Delteil 39; Reed and Shapiro 42); Study for a Program for an Artistic Evening (Delteil 40; Reed and Shapiro 53); Head and Shoulders of a Young Woman (Delteil 44; Reed and Shapiro 45)

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In addition to the catalogue description, each with full margins, in good condition

Edgar Degas: Self-portrait (Deltiel 1; Reed and Shapiro 8): etching, on Japon paper, 1857
Image: 9 x 5⁵⁄₈ in. (228 x 142 mm.)
Sheet: 12⁷⁄₈ x 9³⁄₄ in. (327 x 247 mm.)

Mlle Nathalie Wolkonska (Deltiel 7; Reed and Shapiro 11): etching, on wove Japon paper, 1860-1861
Image: 4⁵⁄₈ x 3¹⁄₂ in. (117 x 89 mm.)
Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (315 x 247 mm.)

Greek Landscape (Deltiel 10; Reed and Shapiro 1): etching, on wove paper, 1856
pale light- and time staining
Image: 3¹⁄₈ x 2⁵⁄₈ in. (79 x 66 mm.)
Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (315 x 247 mm.)

Édouard Manet, Bust-Length Portrait (Deltiel 14; Reed and Shapiro 19): etching and drypoint on Japon paper, 1864-1865
pale light- and time staining
Image: 5 x 4¹⁄₈ in. (127 x 104 mm.)
Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (315 x 247 mm.)

Manet Seated, Turned to the Right (Deltiel 16; Reed and Shapiro 19): etching and drypoint, on wove paper, 1864-1865
pale light- and time staining
Image: 5 x 4¹⁄₈ in. (127 x 104 mm.)
Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (315 x 247 mm.)

The Actress Ellen Andrée (Deltiel 20; Reed and Shapiro 40): drypoint, on Japon paper, 1879
pale light- and time staining
Image: 4¹⁄₂ x 3¹⁄₈ in. (114 x 79 mm.)
Sheet: 12⁷⁄₈ x 9³⁄₄ in. (327 x 247 mm.)

Two Dancers in a Rehearsal Room (Deltiel 22; Reed and Shapiro 33): drypoint, Japon paper, 1877-1878
Image: 6¹⁄₄ x 4⁵⁄₈ in. (158 x 117 mm.)
Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (327 x 247 mm.)

Two Dancers in the Wings (Deltiel 23; Reed and Shapiro 39): drypoint, on Japon paper, 1879-1880
Image: 4¹⁄₂ x 4 in. (114 x 101 mm.)
Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (327 x 247 mm.)

A Singer (Deltiel 25; Reed and Shapiro 34): etching, on Japon paper, 1877-1878
a pinpoint foxmark on the reverse upper sheet edge
Image: 6¹⁄₈ x 4³⁄₄ in. (155 x 120 mm.)
Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (317 x 247 mm.)

Dancers in the Wings (Deltiel 26; Reed and Shapiro 47): etching and drypoint, on Japon paper, 1879-1880
Image: 5¹⁄₂ x 4¹⁄₈ in. (139 x 104 mm.)
Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (317 x 247 mm.)

At the Café des Ambassadeurs (Deltiel 27; Reed and Shapiro 49): etching and drypoint, on wove paper, 1879-1880
pale light- and time staining
Image: 9³⁄₄ x 11¹⁄₂ in. (247 x 292 mm.)
Sheet: 9³⁄₄ x 13 in. (247 x 330 mm.)

Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms (Deltiel 28; Reed and Shapiro 50): etching, on Japon paper, 1879-1880
Image: 6¹⁄₄ x 8¹⁄₄ in. (158 x 209 mm.)
Sheet: 9³⁄₄ x 12¹⁄₂ in. (247 x 317 mm.)

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre (Deltiel 29; Reed and Shapiro 52):
Image: 11⁷⁄₈ x 5 in. (301 x 127 mm.)
Sheet: 12¹⁄₂ x 9³⁄₄ in. (315 x 347 mm.)

On Stage III (Deltiel 32; Reed and Shapiro 24): etching and drypoint, on Japon paper, 1876-1877
pale light- and time staining
Image: 4 x 4⁷⁄₈ in. (101 x 123 mm.)
Sheet: 9³⁄₄ x 12¹⁄₂ in. (247 x 317 mm.)

On Stage I (Deltiel 33; Reed and Shapiro 22): etching and drypoint, on wove paper, 1876
pale light- and time staining, a ¹⁄₂-in. moisture stain at the upper left sheet corner
Image: 4³⁄₄ x 6¹⁄₄ in. (120 x 158 mm.)
Sheet: 9³⁄₄ x 12¹⁄₂ in. (247 x 317 mm.)

The Little Dressing Room (Deltiel 34; Reed and Shapiro 41): drypoint, on wove paper, 1879-1880
pale light- and time staining
Image: 4³⁄₄ x 3¹⁄₈ in. (120 x 98 mm.)
Sheet: 12³⁄₄ x 9³⁄₄ in. (323 x 247 mm.)

Dancer Putting on Her Shoe (Deltiel 36; Reed and Shapiro 55): etching, on wove paper, 1888
pale light- and time staining
Image: 4³⁄₄ x 3¹⁄₈ in. (120 x 98 mm.)
Sheet: 12³⁄₄ x 9³⁄₄ in. (323 x 247 mm.)

The Laundresses (Deltiel 37; Reed and Shapiro 48): etching, on wove paper, 1879-1880
pale light- and time staining
Image: 4³⁄₄ x 6³⁄₈ in. (120 x 162 mm.)
Sheet: 9³⁄₄ x 12¹⁄₂ in. (247 x 317 mm.)

Leaving the Bath (Deltiel 39; Reed and Shapiro 42): etching and drypoint, on wove paper, 1897-1880
pale light- and time staining
Image: 5 x 5 in. (127 x 127 mm.)
Sheet: 12³⁄₄ x 9³⁄₄ in. (323 x 247 mm.)

Study for a Program for an Artistic Evening (Deltiel 40; Reed and Shapiro 53): etching and drypoint, on Japon paper, 1884
Sheet: 9³⁄₄ x 12¹⁄₂ in. (247 x 317 mm.)

Head and Shoulders of a Young Woman in Profile II (Deltiel 44; Reed and Shapiro 45): etching, on Japon paper, circa 1879
Image: 3¹⁄₄ x 2⁷⁄₈ in. (82 x 73 mm.)
Sheet: 12³⁄₄ x 9³⁄₄ in. (323 x 247 mm.)

Head and Shoulders of a Young Woman in Profile I (Deltiel 45; Reed and Shapiro 44): etching, on Japon paper, circa 1879
Image: 3¹⁄₄ x 2⁷⁄₈ in. (82 x 73 mm.)
Sheet: 12³⁄₄ x 9³⁄₄ in. (323 x 247 mm.)

Please note this lot consists of 22 unframed prints.

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