Degas jockey sketch expected to fetch up to £120,000
A sketch drawn past times Edgar Degas equally a preparatory written report for ane of his pastels is expected to fetch upwards to £120,000 inwards an upcoming Christie’s sale of impressionist in addition to modern industrial plant on paper.
“Jockeys (Trois Études)” volition move offered at the London auction on June 19.
In a missive of the alphabet dated March 25, 2007, Professor Theodore Reff confirms that, inwards his opinion, the sketch is an authentic run past times Edgar Degas.
It is a preparatory written report for Degas’ pastel, “Avant La Course” (pictured below), held past times the the Cleveland Museum of Art.
It was bought past times French collector Henri Lerolle, a unopen friend of the artist.
When Degas was working toward the pastel, he made roughly drawings amongst the interpretation of the jockeys inwards mind, which he erased inwards the finally version. One of these is the stitch for auction.
Two Raoul Dufy industrial plant are too on offer. One, entitled “Chevaux Et Jockeys Sur La Pelouse,” is expected to fetch £80,000 to £120,000.
His “La Pelouse À Epsom” carries a pre-auction guess of £50,000 to £70,000.
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