Sep 24, 2009 - Sale 2187

Sale 2187 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
EDGAR DEGAS and GEORGE W. THORNLEY
Danseuse près de la poêle.

Lithograph printed in mauve ink on pale cream Chine appliqué on a greenish blue wove backing sheet, circa 1888-89. 330x250 mm; 12 7/8x9 3/4 inches, wide margins. Edition of 100. Printed by Atelier Becquet, Paris. Published by Boussod-Valadon, Paris. From Quinze Lithographies. Browning at extreme edges of the sheet, well outside the image. A very good, strong impression of this scarce print. Reed/Shapiro p. lvii.