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EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Rue de village
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; lower right)
oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 27 1/4 in. (81 x 69.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1895-1898
Provenance
Estate of the artist; Third sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 7-9 April 1919, lot 35.
Charles Viguier, Paris; Estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 May 1931, lot 13.
Anon. sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 5 December 1968, lot 38.
Galerie Schmit, Paris (by 1969).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, March 1983.
Literature
P.-A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, p. 704, no. 1212 (illustrated, p. 705).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 138, no. 1178 (illustrated, p. 139).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Cent ans de peinture française, May-June 1969, p. 48, no. 36 (illustrated in color).
Tokyo, Ginza Matsuzakaya; Sapporo Matsuzakaya; Osaka Matsuzakaya; Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum; Nagoya Matsuzakaya; Shizuka Matsuzakaya and Tokyo, Ueno Matsuzakaya, Le centenaire de l'impressionisme, July 1974-November 1974, no. 14 (illustrated in color).
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Degas, May-June 1975, p. 72, no. 36 (illustrated in color, p. 73).
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and Fukuoka Red Brick Culture Museum, Degas, September 1976-January 1977, no. 23 (illustrated in color).
Paris, Galerie Schmit, Maîtres français, XIXème-XXème siècles, May-July 1979, p. 21, no. 19 (illustrated in color).
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Mie Prefectural Art Museum; Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts; Okayama Prefectural Museum and Kasama Nichido Museum, Edgar Degas October 1988-May 1989, p. 142, no. 76 (illustrated in color).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Degas Landscapes, January-July 1994. no. 73 (illustrated in color, pp. 250-251, fig. 219).
London, The National Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, Degas: Beyond Impressionism, May 1996-January 1997, p. 292, no. 101 (illustrated in color).
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and Columbus Museum of Art, Edgar Degas The Last Landscapes, June 2006-January 2007, pp. 44-46 (illustrated, p. 45, fig. 48).