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THBEdgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) Preparatory Drawing for Semiramis Building Babylon
Lot 397
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Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
Preparatory Drawing for Semiramis Building Babylon
Unsigned, stamped (faded) "ATELIER ED. DEGAS" l.l. and "Douane Paris Centrale" on the verso l.r.
Tissue paper mounted onto paperboard, 27 3/4 x 17 in. (70.4 x 43.1 cm), unframed.
Condition: Tears, creases, mat burn, toning.
Provenance: Maurice Exteens, Paris; Galerie Kornfeld, Bern (1960); Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich; Erich Maria Remarque, Porto Ronco (1961); Paulette Goddard Remarque, Porto Ronco (1970).
Literature: Thomas F. Schneider and Inge Jaehner with Walter M. Feilchenfeldt and Suzanne Schwarz Zuber, Remarques Impressionisten: Kunstsammeln und Kunsthandel im Exil = Remarque's Impressionists: Art Collecting and Art Dealing in Exile, Göttingen and Bristol, CT: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013, pp. 392-3.
Exhibitions: Choix d'une collection privée. Sammlungen G.P. und M.E. Impressionisten, Neoimpressionisten, Spätimpressionisten, Klipstein und Kornfeld, Bern, Oct. 22-Nov. 30, 1960, no. 7, p. 12.
N.B. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Brame & Lorenceau and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
Estimate $30,000-50,000
Two repaired tears along the top edge measuring 1 1/2 in. and 4 in. respectively. A small area of paper missing along the middle of the left edge measuring 1/2 in. diameter. Hinged to mat along the right side.
Additional markings on the reverse of the mat support "Eigentium: E. M. Remarques," stamped "Douane/Exportation/Paris/Centrale," and label fragment "K No. 757."
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