Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834 -1917)

Item Title:

Degas Sculptures : Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes.

Author(s):

Czestochowski, Joseph S. ;  Pingeot, Anne ;  Barbour, Daphne et al.

ISBN:

0971640807

Imprint:

Memphis : Torch Press and International Arts, 2002.

Language:

English

Size:

30 cm

Pages:

287

Illustrations:

numerous b&w, color

Concordance:

Yes

Bibliography:

Yes

Index:

Yes

Exhibition List:

No

Chronology:

Yes

Content Note:

This study features color images of the sculptures, as well as archival photographs of the models found in Degas' studio. Numerous experts have contributed substantial essays on the artist's work, plus new technical and historical analysis. It also includes expanded provenance information, which was uncovered since Pingeot's 1991 catalogue (See entry in this Database).

The Appendix contains an inventory of sculptures in Degas' studio at his death, selected exhibition records and a reprint of the the Hébrard Edition contract. The publication also includes examples of the artist's signatures and inscriptions.

Individual Entries Contain:

Bibliog.

Public Note:

The catalogue raisonné of Degas' bronze sculptures was serialized by Adrien-A. and Nellie Hébrard in the early 1920s. The present publication catalogues 73 bronzes, and lists all known editions as well as unidentified casts. Works are arranged according to the number inscribed on the work by the Hébrard Foundry. The catalogue also includes an additional bronze cast by Nellie Hébrard in the 1950s (not original to the Hébrard set from the 1920s).

This publication was issued on the occasion of a series of international exhibitions held between 2002 and 2004.