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Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) · Circa 1879

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Estimate CHF 900,000 (≈ $1,062,450) (≈ £809,979) (≈ €958,803)

Offered at Kornfeld and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

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Medium: Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →
As published: “Gouache on silk, lightly heightened with gold, mounted on cardboard”
Support: Board
Signed / inscribed: Signed
Category: Watercolors
Dimensions: 31.2 x 61.2 cm, silk; 35.4 x 65.5 cm, cardboard
Auction house: Kornfeld
Sale: Auction 280: Highlights from the - Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection - Live Auction (280)
Date: September 13, 2024
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Lot: 2
Estimate: CHF 900,000 (≈ $1,062,450) (≈ £809,979) (≈ €958,803)
Source: Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 28, 2026

Provenance (5)

Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris
Collection Gustave Pellet, Paris
Collection Maurice Exsteens, Paris
Galerie Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, acquired at the 1960 exhibition by
The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 913b

Exhibitions (23)

Paris 1948/1949, Galerie Charpentier, Danse et Divertissement, cat. no. 77
Bern 1960, Klipstein and Kornfeld, Choix d'une collection privée, Collections G. P. and M. E., cat. no. 14, ill.
Berlin 1965, Haus am Waldsee, Der Japonismus in der Malerei und Graphik des 19. Jahrhunderts, cat. no. 23, ill.
Tokyo 1968, The National Museum of Modern Art, Mutual Influences between Japanese and Western Arts, p. 88, ill. p. 41
Munich 1972, Haus der Kunst, Olympiad exhibition, cat. no. 811
Tübingen/Berlin 1984, Kunsthalle/Nationalgalerie, Edgar Degas, Pastelle - Ölskizzen - Zeichnungen, cat. no. 120, ill.
Stuttgart/Zurich 1984, Staatsgalerie/Museum Bellerive, Komposition im Halbrund, Fächerblätter aus vier Jahrhunderten, cat. no. 67, ill.
Paris 1984, Centre culturel du Marais, Degas, le Modelé et l'Espace, cat. no. 151, ill.
Manchester/Cambridge 1987, Whitworth Art Gallery/Fitzwilliam Museum, The private Degas, cat. no. 137, ill.
Paris/Tokyo 1988, Grand Palais/Musée national d'art occidental, Le Japonisme, cat. no. 203, ill.
Bern 1989, Kunstmuseum Bern, Von Goya bis Tinguely, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus einer Privatsammlung [Slg. Eberhard W. Kornfeld], cat. no. 15, ill. p. 41
Berlin 1993, Martin Gropius-Bau, Japan und Europa, 1543-1929, cat. no. 14/37a, ill. p. 170
Davos 1998/1999, Kirchner Museum, Werke aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, cat. no. 3, ill.
Ingelheim 2001, Internationale Tage, Altes Rathaus, Japan - Quelle der Inspiration, cat. no. 88, p. 213, ill. p. 107
Detroit/Philadelphia 2002/2003, The Detroit Institute of Arts/Philadelphia Museum of Art, Degas and the Dance, p. 289, ill. 112, p. 105
Rome 2004/2005, Complesso del Vittoriano, Degas, Classico e modern, cat. no. 36, ill. p. 243
London/Washington 2005/2006, Tate Britain/The Phillips Collection, Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec, London and Paris 1870-1910, cat. no. 38, p. 221, ill. p. 87
Lausanne 2012, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Au fil des collections, de Tiepolo à Degas, cat. no. 53, p. 196, ill. p. 108
Karlsruhe 2014/2015, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Edgar Degas, Klassik und Experiment, cat. no. 63, ill. p. 177
Essen/Zurich 2014/2015, Museum Folkwang/Kunsthaus, Monet, Gauguin, van Gogh ... Inspiration Japan, cat. no. 84, p. 354, ill. p. 204 (only exhibited in Zurich)
Giverny 2018, Musée des impressionnismes, L'éventail impressionniste, ill. p. 28
Basel 2021/2022, Kunstmuseum, Camillo Pissarro, Das Atelier der Moderne, cat. no. 69, ill. p. 227
Frankfurt am Main 2022, Städel Museum, Renoir, Rococo Revival, Der Impressionismus und die französische Kunst des 18. Jahrhunderts, cat. no. 39, ill. p. 201

Literature (8)

Catalogue raisonné: Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, vol. II, New York/London 1984, no. 556
Catalogue raisonné: Jacques Lassaigne / Fiorella Minervino, Tout l'œuvre peint de Degas, Paris 1974, no. 551
Paul-André Lemoisne, Degas et son œuvre, Paris 1954, ill. after p. 88
Yujiro Shinoda, Degas, Der Einzug der japanischen in die französische Malerei, dissertation, Cologne/Tokyo 1957, p. 87/88, ill. p. 91
Monika Kopplin, Das Fächerblatt von Manet bis Kokoschka, dissertation, Saulgau 1981, p. 77/78, ill. p. 79
Götz Adriani, Edgar Degas: Pastels, Dessins, Esquisses, Paris 1985, no. 120, ill.
Denis Rouart, Degas à la recherche de sa technique, Geneva 1988, ill., p. 25
Anne Sefrioui, Eventails impressionnistes, Paris, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2012, ill., p. 128/129

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