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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAM JOSEFOWITZ
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Mlle Nathalie Wolkonska, first plate
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Mlle Nathalie Wolkonska, first plate
the original copper printing plate, cancelled, the cancellation marks softened with burnishing, 1856, scratch numbered ‘XXVI’ on the reverse, with a proof envelope impression from the cancelled state, on wove paper, without watermark
Overall (plate): 4 ¾ x 3 ½ in. (120 x 88 mm.)
Proof Envelope (folded): 5 ¼ x 3 ¾ in. (132 x 97 mm.)
Mlle Nathalie Wolkonska, first plate
the original copper printing plate, cancelled, the cancellation marks softened with burnishing, 1856, scratch numbered ‘XXVI’ on the reverse, with a proof envelope impression from the cancelled state, on wove paper, without watermark
Overall (plate): 4 ¾ x 3 ½ in. (120 x 88 mm.)
Proof Envelope (folded): 5 ¼ x 3 ¾ in. (132 x 97 mm.)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939), Paris; possibly acquired from the artist circa 1910.
Henri Petiet (1894-1980), Paris; acquired from the estate of the above.
A. Martinez, Cannes.
With Frank Richard Perls (1910-1975), New York.
With Heinz Berggruen (1914-2007); acquired from the above.
Samuel Josefowitz (1921-2015); presumably acquired from the above.
Henri Petiet (1894-1980), Paris; acquired from the estate of the above.
A. Martinez, Cannes.
With Frank Richard Perls (1910-1975), New York.
With Heinz Berggruen (1914-2007); acquired from the above.
Samuel Josefowitz (1921-2015); presumably acquired from the above.
Literature
see Delteil 7; Reed & Shapiro 11
B. S. Shapiro, S. W. Reed, Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, exh. cat., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and London, Hayward Gallery, 1984, p. 264-66 (this plate cited; not illustrated).
B. S. Shapiro, S. W. Reed, Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, exh. cat., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and London, Hayward Gallery, 1984, p. 264-66 (this plate cited; not illustrated).
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