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EDGAR DEGAS (1834–1917)
Group of Angels, 1860
The item was sold for 7 150 €
Fees include commission and taxes.
Group of Angels, 1860
Graphite and stump on paper
; inscribed ‘Florence’ and dated ‘1860’ in the upper left
; stamped with the ‘Degas’ mark in the lower left
(small stain on the right-hand edge)
; 29.5 x 19.8 cm – 11 5/8 x 7 ¾ in.
Graphite and stump on paper, located ‘Florence’ and dated ‘1860’ upper left, stamped with the ‘Degas’ mark lower left
- Auction, Edgar Degas Studio, 4th and final sale, Maître Lair-Dubreuil, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 2, 3 and 4 July 1919, lot 93 a) (illustrated)
- Possibly: Sale, title unknown, Maître Pousse-Cornet, Blois, 13 November 1989, lot number unknown (information kindly provided by Mr Michel Schulman)
- Private collection, France (acquired at the previous sale and subsequently gifted to the current owner)
Michel Schulman, Edgar Degas, 1834–1917, Digital Catalogue Raisonné, MS: 4545
This work is a partial reproduction of Benozzo Gozzoli’s fresco for the apse of the Cappella dei Magi (Florence, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, 1459).