LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with brown patina with muslin skirt and satin hair ribbon on wooden base

Size Notes:

Height (excluding base): 40 1?2 in. (102.9 cm.)

Description:

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Literature:

P. Mantz, "Exposition des oeuvres des artistes indépendants" in Le Temps, 1881, p. 3. J.-K. Huysmans, L'art moderne, Paris, 1883, pp. 226-227. J.-K. Huysmans, L'art moderne, Paris, 1908, pp. 250-251. P. Gsell, "Edgar Degas, statuaire" in La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe, December 1918, pp. 374-376 (wax version illustrated, p. 375; titled La danseuse habillée). P. Lafond, Degas, Paris, 1919, vol. II, pp. 64-66. P.-A. Lemoisne, "Les statuettes de Degas" in Art et décoration, Paris, 1919, pp. 111-113 (wax version illustrated, p. 112). "L'Actualité" in L'art et les artistes, December 1922, no. 32, p. 158 (another cast illustrated). J. Meier-Graefe, Degas, London, 1923, p. 60. P. Jamot, Degas, Paris, 1924, pp. 113 and 149 (wax version illustrated, pl. 52). A. Vollard, Degas, Paris, 1924, pp. 111-112. G. Bazin, "Degas sculpteur" in L'amour de l'art, 1931, pp. 294-295 (another cast illustrated, fig. 70; detail of another cast illustrated, fig. 71). G. Grappe, Degas, Paris, 1936, p. 58 (wax version illustrated; dated 1880). L. Venturi, Les archives de l'Impressionnisme, Paris, 1939, vol. II, p. 138, letter 31. M. Rebatet, Degas, Paris, 1944 (another cast illustrated, pl. 102). J. Rewald, Degas: Works in Sculpture—A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, pp. 6-8, 14, 15 and 21, no. XX (another cast illustrated, pp. 63-69). P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, p. 128 (another cast illustrated, p. 129). L. Browse, Degas Dancers, London, 1949, p. 370, no. 96 (another cast illustrated, pls. 96-97). P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1954, p. 113. J. Rewald, Degas: Sculpture, New York, 1957, pp. 16-20 and 114-145 (other casts illustrated, pls. 24-29). P. Cabanne, Edgar Degas, New York, 1958, pp. 66-67 (another cast illustrated). Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Payson, New York, 1960 (illustrated in color). L.W. Havemeyer, Sixteen to Sixty: Memoirs of a Collector, New York, 1961, pp. 264-265. J. Rewald, The History of Impressionism, New York, 1961, p. 451 (other casts illustrated). H.H. Arnason, History of Modern Art, New York, 1968, p. 68, no. 97 (another cast illustrated). F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 145, no. S73 (another cast illustrated). J. Adhémar and F. Cachin, Edgar Degas: Gravures et monotypes, Paris, 1973, p. XXXI. C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pp. 27-39, 80-82, 98-99 and 119-126 (another cast illustrated, fig. 26). T. Reff, Degas: The Artist's Mind, New York, 1976, pp. 239-248 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 240, fig. 157). I. Dunlop, Degas, New York, 1979, p. 180 (another cast illustrated in color, fig. 172). M. Guillaud, ed., Degas: Form and Space, Paris, 1984, p. 180 (another cast illustrated in color, fig. 155; plaster version illustrated in color, p. 183, fig. 157). G.T.M. Shackelford, Degas, The Dancers, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1984, pp. 65-76 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 64). H.W. Janson, Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, London, 1985, pp. 193-194 (another cast illustrated, fig. 219; dated 1881). R. McMullen, Degas: His Life, Times and Work, London, 1985, pp. 333-336 and 338-339 (another cast illustrated, p. 333; dated 1880-1881). D. Sutton, Edgar Degas: Life and Work, New York, 1986, p. 187 (another cast illustrated, p. 186, pl. 169). F. Weitzenhoffer, The Havemeyers—Impressionism Comes to America, New York, 1986, pp. 242-243 and 256 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 256, fig. 166; dated circa 1881). R. Thomson, The Private Degas, London, 1987, pp. 80-86 (another cast illustrated, p. 83, pl. 110). R. Gordon and A. Forge, Degas, London, 1988, pp. 206-207 (another cast illustrated). J. Heilpern, “The Bass Reserve? in Vogue, December 1988, p. 345 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home). J. Sutherland Boggs, Degas, exh. cat., Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1988, pp. 350-352, no. 227 (another cast illustrated, p. 351). A. Roquebert, Degas, Paris, 1988, p. 55 (another cast illustrated, fig. 62). R. Thomson, Degas: The Nudes, London, 1988, pp. 119-121, 125 and 179 (another cast illustrated, pl. 113). C. Irvine, Remarkable Private New York Residences, New York, 1990, p. 11 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home, p. 14). J. Rewald, Degas’s Complete Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 16-19, 35 and 78-79, no. XX (another cast illustrated in color, p. 35; other casts illustrated, pp. 78-79; wax version illustrated, p. 78). H. Loyrette, Degas, Paris, 1991, pp. 387, 391-394, 402, 612-614 and 672. A. Pingeot and F. Horvat, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, pp 188-190, no. 73 (another cast illustrated in color on the cover; other casts illustrated, pp. 34-35 and 188-189). J.P. O'Neill, ed., Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993, pp. 77-79 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 78). S. Campbell, “Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné" in Apollo, August 1995, pp. 46-47 (another cast illustrated, p. 46; wax version illustrated, p. 64). J. Sutherland Boggs, Degas, New York, 1996, p. 44 (wax version illustrated, fig. 14). M. Kahane, D. Pinasa, W. Piollet and S. Campbell, "Enquête sur la Petite danseuse de quatorze ans de Degas" in La revue du Musée d'Orsay, Paris, autumn 1998, no. 7, p. 69, no. 12 (illustrated in color, p. 70; other casts illustrated, p. 63, figs. 20a-c, p. 65, figs. 21a-b and 22, p. 66; other casts illustrated in color, p. 68, figs. 16-17 and pp. 70-71, nos. 1-30). R. Kendall, Degas and the Little Dancer, exh. cat., Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1998, pp. 25-106 (plaster version illustrated in color on the cover, p. 45, p. 101, fig. 71, p. 107, fig. 82 and p. 155, no. 45; another cast illustrated in color on the back cover, p. 100, fig. 70 and p. 154, no. 44; detail of plaster version illustrated in color on the frontispiece; wax version illustrated in color, p. viii; detail of wax version illustrated in color, p. 76; details of plaster version illustrated, p. 104, fig. 77, p. 105, figs. 78 and 79 and p. 108, figs. 83 and 85; detail of wax version illustrated, p. 108, fig. 84). J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, ed., Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, New York, 2002, pp. 18 and 20-21 (other casts illustrated, figs. 8, 11 and 12); pp. 86-95 (another cast and details of another cast illustrated, figs. 1-10); pp. 100-105 (another cast illustrated, figs. 1-2); pp. 264-267, no. 73 (other casts illustrated; another cast illustrated in color on the cover and frontispiece). W. Hofmann, Degas. A Dialogue of Difference, London, 2007, p. 186, no. 143 (another cast illustrated in color). S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D. Barbour and S. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California, 2009, vol. II, pp. 278-285, no. 47 (other casts illustrated in color, pp. 279-281; with incorrect provenance). D. Hampton, Mark Hampton: An American Decorator, New York, 2009, p. 132 (illustrated in color in situ in Mrs. Bass's home, p. 133). R. Kendall and J. Devonyar, Degas and the Ballet, Picturing Movement, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2011, pp. 72-84 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 70, fig. 25 and pp. 84-85, fig. 26). G. Hedberg, Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen: The Earlier Version that Helped Spark the Birth of Modern Art, Stutgart, 2016 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 15, figs. 7-8 and p. 35, figs 22-23; detail of another cast and plaster version illustrated in color, p. 23, figs. 14-15, p. 27, figs. 19-20, p. 41, figs. 33 and 35 and p. 43, figs. 38-39; detail of another cast illustrated in color, p. 26, fig. 18 and p. 40, fig. 32; another cast illustrated, p. 37, figs. 24-26; another cast and plaster version illustrated in color, p. 39, figs. 28 and 30).

Provenance:

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Liebman, New York (commissioned from the Hébrard foundry, August 1927); sale, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 7 December 1955, lot 41. M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale). Mrs. Charles S. Payson, New York (acquired from the above, 7 December 1955). Sandra Payson, New York (by descent from the above, 1975). Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the above). Acquired from the above by the late owner, 17 May 1985.