Jan 29, 2019 - Sale 2497

Sale 2497 - Lot 148

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DEGAS, EDGAR; and Pierre Louÿs. Mimes des courtisanes de Lucien. Illustrated with 13 reproductions in sepia in the text and 22 engavings printed by Maurice Potin after drawings by Degas, including 4 in color and 3 on Japan paper. 4to, wrappers over stiff boards, some light wear, dampstain to head of spine, not affecting contents; scattered light foxing and toning. number 93 on vélin de rives, from an edition of 325. Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1935
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In the 1870s, Degas broke with the conventions of academic and classical nudes and created a series of compositions of women in brothels. From them, he produced a folder of monotypes which were bought by art dealer Ambroise Vollard who chose a few works with which to illustrate Pierre Louÿs' Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien.