Lot #2100: EDGAR DEGAS - Femme sortant du bain - Original duogravure, after the monotype

   

Artist: Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917).
Title: "Femme sortant du bain".
Medium: Original duogravure, after the monotype.
Date: Composed c1877-1880. Printed 1948.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 3/8 x 9 in. (289 x 229 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $400/500
Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate, lower right; numbered in pencil, lower left; handstamps verso. Edition of 500. Cream wove watermarked Marais "vellum" paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good condition, very crisp, a pronounced platemark, the expected light tanning to the sheet, and occasional areas of minor red print-through. Provenance: Ex-collection Marty Gordon (the legendary print dealer), Martin Gordon, Inc., New York City, his handstamp verso.
Comment(s): Degas created a considerable body of monotypes in the late 19th century. A number of them were reduced in size and recreated as original works in 1938 and again in 1948, of which our example is part. The verso bears the handstamp of Edgar Achille Gaston DeGas-Musson (1875-1953), the son of Estelle Angelina Musson DeGas and Jean Baptiste Rene DeGas (the brother of Edgar Degas). [29336-2-300-NA]