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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Danseuses jupes jaunes (Deux danseuses en jaune)

Price realised GBP 5,417,250
Estimate
GBP 3,000,000 – GBP 5,000,000
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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

Danseuses jupes jaunes (Deux danseuses en jaune)

Price realised GBP 5,417,250
Closed: 9 Feb 2011
Price realised GBP 5,417,250
Closed: 9 Feb 2011
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuses jupes jaunes (Deux danseuses en jaune)
signed 'Degas' (lower right)
pastel and charcoal on joined paper
23¾ x 16 7/8 in. (60.2 x 42.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1896
Provenance
Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris (no. 3942), by whom acquired directly from the artist on 15 October 1896.
Bruno and Paul Cassirer, Berlin (no. 173), by whom acquired from the above on 27 April 1899, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Meier-Graefe, Degas, London, 1923, pl. XCV (illustrated).
P.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, vol. III, Paris, 1947, no. 1282, p. 744 (illustrated p. 745).
L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, no. 195, p. 399 (illustrated, titled 'Deux danseuses en jupes jaunes, posant sur la scene', dated 'circa 1888-90').
Exhibited
Arts Council of Great Britain, The Private Degas, 1986, no. 98 (illustrated no. 149, p. 112, dated 'circa 1895-1900').
Nottingham Castle, Museum and Art Gallery, Art in Performance, Performance in Art, May - August 1987, no. 16 (dated '1895-1900').
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, on loan, 1983-2010 (inv. nr. LI927.1).

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