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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
A collection of twenty-one prints from the artist's canceled plates
21 etchings with drypoint, on various papers, circa 1879-1880, from the editions of approximately 150 from the cancelled plates, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1920, each with full margins
Largest Image: 934 x 1112 in. (247 x 292 mm.)
Largest Sheet: 1234 x 934 in. (323 x 247 mm.)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Henri M. Petiet, Paris (acquired from the estate of the above).
Literature
Delteil 1, 7, 10, 14, 16, 22-23, 25-28, 32-34, 36-37, 39-40, 44; Reed & Shapiro 1, 8, 11, 18-19, 22, 24, 33-34, 39-42, 45, 47-50, 53, 55; Adhémar & Cachin 1, 4-5, 13-14, 17, 19, 26-28, 30-32, 36-37, 39, 48-49, 52, 55, 60
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Including: Edgar Degas: Self-portrait (D. 1; R. & S. 8; A. & C. 13); Mlle Nathalie Wolkonska (D. 7; R. & S. 11; A. & C. 14); Greek Landscape (D. 10; R. & S. 1; A. & C. 1); Édouard Manet, Bust-Length Portrait (D. 14; R. & S. 19; A. & C. 17); Manet Seated, Turned to the Right (D. 16; R. & S. 18; A. & C. 19); The Actress Ellen Andrée (D. 20; R. & S. 40; A. & C. 52); Two Dancers in a Rehearsal Room (D. 22; R. & S. 33; A. & C. 37); Two Dancers in the Wings (D. 23; R. & S. 39; A. & C. 36); A Singer (D. 25; R. & S. 34; A. & C. 39); Dancers in the Wings (D. 26; R. & S. 47; A. & C. 28); At the Café des Ambassadeurs (D. 27; R. & S. 49; A. & C. 30); Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms (D. 28; R. & S. 50; A. & C. 31); On Stage III (D. 32; R. & S. 24; A. & C. 26); On Stage I (D. 33; R. & S. 22; A. & C. 27); The Little Dressing Room (D. 34; R. & S. 41; A. & C. 48); Dancer Putting on Her Shoe (D. 36; R. & S. 55; A. & C. 60); The Laundresses (D. 37; R. & S. 48; A. & C. 32); Leaving the Bath (D. 39; R. & S. 42; A. & C. 49); Study for a Program for an Artistic Evening (D. 40; R. & S. 53; A. & C. 55); Head and Shoulders of a Young Woman in Profile II (D. 44; R. & S. 45; A. & C. 4); Head and Shoulders of a Young Woman in Profile I (D. 45; R. & S. 44; A. & C. 5)

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