Edgar Degas (Paris 1834 - 1917)

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Edgar Degas (Paris 1834 - 1917)
Study of hands for the portrait of Mademoiselle Dubourg (Madame Fantin-Latour) Black pencil 17 x 22.3 cm Stamp of the studio sale at the bottom left (L.658) Numerous old labels on the reverse Provenance : - Second sale of the Edgar Degas studio, Maître Lair-Dubreuil, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 11/12/13 December 1918, part of lot no. 239, repr. ("Three drawings, studies for the portrait of Miss Dubourg, in a frame) - Collection Madame Lazare Weiller - Collection Paul-Louis Weiller Exhibitions : - Buenos Aires, 1939 - Guy Art Museum of Saint Louis 1966/1967 - Mineapolis Institute of Arts - International Biennial of Fine Arts, Venice, 1936 - Metropolitan museum of Art, New York, "French Paintings, David to Toulouse-Lautrec The portrait of Madame Dubourg, dated 1866, is preserved in the Toledo Museum of Art, USA - Inv.1963.45 (see P.A. Lemoisne "Degas and his work", Garland Publishing, New York, and London, 1984, tome II, fig.137, p.69, repr) Mademoiselle Dubourg was closely related to the Manet family, through whom she met Fantin-Latour, her future husband. Degas, who was often present, represented her simply, looking at the artist with her hands joined. Three other studies for this portrait are known, a sketch of the figure in black pencil and two other sheets of the whole painting, one of which is in charcoal.
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