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Arabesque over Right Leg
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
French
19th century
modeled between 1880 and 1895, cast in bronze after 1919
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
27.3 x 40.64 cm (10 3/4 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Margarett Sargent McKean
Accession Number1979.505
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBronze. Right leg on rough base on thin rectangle with caster's seal at corner, 1/B across. Left arm and leg stretched horizontally. Rough texture.
Signed
degas (inscribed, top right of base by foot)
Marks
foundry mark (stamped):
Cire Perdue
A. A. Hebrard
1/B (incised)
Cire Perdue
A. A. Hebrard
1/B (incised)
ProvenanceBefore 1936, sold by A. A. Hébrard et Cie, Paris, to Walther Halvorsen, New York [see note 1]. 1921, possibly sold by Durand-Ruel, New York [see note 2]. 1979, bequest of Margarett Williams Sargent McKean (b. 1892 - d. 1978), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 17, 1979)
NOTES:
[1] According to notes from the Hébrard archives, published in Anne Pingeot's Degas Sculptures (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Éditions/Reunion des musées nationaux, 1991). In 1918 Hébrard signed a contract with the heirs of Edgar Degas to produce and sell bronze castings of the artist's sculptures.
[2] See 1992 letter from Norton Simon Museum staff, in curatorial file.
NOTES:
[1] According to notes from the Hébrard archives, published in Anne Pingeot's Degas Sculptures (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Éditions/Reunion des musées nationaux, 1991). In 1918 Hébrard signed a contract with the heirs of Edgar Degas to produce and sell bronze castings of the artist's sculptures.
[2] See 1992 letter from Norton Simon Museum staff, in curatorial file.