Name: EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Brand: A collection of twenty-two prints from the artist's canceled plates
Price: 8000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

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

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

Edgar Degas: Self-portrait (D. 1; R. & S. 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 (D. 7; R. & S. 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 (D. 10; R. & S. 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 (D. 14; R. & S. 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 (D.16; R. & S. 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 (D. 20; R. & S. 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 (D. 22; R. & S. 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 (D. 23; R. & S. 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 (D. 25; R. & S. 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 (D. 26; R. & S. 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 (D. 27; R. & S. 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 (D. 28; R. & S. 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 (D. 29; R. & S. 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 (D. 32; R. & S. 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 (D. 33; R. & S. 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 (D. 34; R. & S. 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 (D. 36; R. & S. 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 (D. 37; R. & S. 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 (D. 39; R. & S. 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 (D. 40; R. & S. 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 (D. 44; R. & S. 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 (D. 45; R. & S. 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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