EDGAR DEGAS (1834 1917) GEORGE W THORNLEY (1857 1935) L

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EDGAR DEGAS (1834 - 1917) & GEORGE W. THORNLEY (1857 - 1935)
L'Attente de la Chanteuse.

Lithograph printed in dark mauve on rose-toned Chine appliqué on greenish blue wove paper, circa 1888-89. 247x137 mm; 9⅝x5⅜ inches, wide margins. Thornley's ink stamp signature, lower right. Printed by Atelier Becquet, Paris. Published by Boussod-Valadon, Paris. From Quinze Lithographies. Reed/Shapiro p. lvii.

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Degas was likely influenced to work with the lithographer Thornley by Theo Van Gogh, the influential director of the Boussod-Valadon Gallery, because of Thornley's masterful lithographic interpretations of drawings by Puvis de Chavannes. By 1888, Degas and Thornley were working together to produce a portfolio of 15 lithographs based on drawings by Degas. The portfolio was issued in 1889 in an edition of 100, plus an additional 25 copies with each of the prints signed by both artists.