Apr 28, 2016 - Sale 2412

Sale 2412 - Lot 351

Price Realized: $ 18,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
EDGAR DEGAS and GEORGE W. THORNLEY
Avant la Classe.

Lithograph printed in black on cream Chine appliqué on a greenish gray wove backing sheet, circa 1888-89. 265x225 mm; 10 1/2x8 3/4 inches, wide (full ?) margins. From the deluxe edition of 25. Signed by Degas and Thornley in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Atelier Becquet, Paris. Published by Boussod-Valadon, Paris. From Quinze Lithographies. A very good, strong impression of this scarce lithograph. Reed/Shapiro p. lvii.