Degas, Edgar, Lithograph on Chine Collè, Editon of 25 Start Price USD 35,000.00 Current Price USD 35,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 End Time Friday, July 18, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Degas, Edgar, Lithograph on Chine Collè, Editon of 25' Description --> home current inventory search art knowledge art commentary buy art about us contact us Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834 - 1917)Title: La Chanson Du Chien (The Song Of The Dog) (1888)Medium: Original Crayon Lithograph On Chine ColléImage Size: 9.5 in X 7.5 in (24.13 cm X 10.05 cm)Sheet Size: 14.5 in 12.5 in (36.8 cm x 31.8 cm)Framed Size: 29 1/4 in X 30 3/4 in (74.3 cm X 78.12 cm)Signature: This Work Has A Guaranteed Signature By Degas In The Lower Left, And The Signature Of William Thornley In The Lower RightEdition: From the edition of 25Condition: Dark crisp print, generous size with exquisite detail-pristine condition!  Description:A bright fiery glow shines upward from the stage lights of a bustling Parisian café, magically illuminating famous nineteenth century performer Theresa Valadon, the "reigning queen of the café concert" in this exquisite Degas lithograph (Shapiro 75) . Created in 1888, Degas collaborated with William Thornley to create a set of fifteen compositions in lithography entitled, "Quinze Lithographies d'après Degas." La Chanson du Chien, an exciting theatrical print, was published by Boussod Valadon, Paris, and printed by Atelier Becquet. A guaranteed authentic signature by Degas' appears in the lower left hand side of the work. Thornley has also signed this work in the lower right. In the nineteenth century Impressionist artists and thinkers became fascinated with "daily life" experiences in unexpected places like the theater, cafés, parks, metropolitan promenades, and the like. Their goal as visual artists was to document intimate and generally unexplored aspects of everyday life. Artists like Degas were active participators in this endeavor, and as such, produced many works of art deconstructing a ballet practice, a woman bathing, children exchanging a subtle glance in a park, and so on. However, Degas had a particular interest in theatrical performers. Like ballerinas, theatre folk held a particular appeal to Degas because they lead an interesting double life as performers and individuals. Degas scholar Jean Sutherland Boggs states, "Subjects inspired by the café-concert, principally signers in performance, appeared rather suddenly in Degas' work…In a letter of 1883 to the painter Henry Lerolle, Degas called her voice 'the most natural, the most delicate, and the most vibrantly tender' instrument imaginable." Degas, as a true artist and innovator, created this lithograph through the use of crayon on paper, which was then transferred directly to the stone. Not only was Degas interested in the most modern and contemporary subject matter of the late nineteenth century, he was also fascinated by experimental technique. As was the case for many impressionists, the artistic process was equally as important as the subject matter. PROVENANCE:Collection Chantal et Guy Heytens, France Catalogue Raisonné & COA:It is fully documented and referenced in (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that I will enclose with the sale of the work) :1) Delteil, Loys, Le Peintre-Graveur Illustre Edgar Degas, Paris 1919, listed as cat. no. 48.2) Boggs, Jean Sutherland, Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1989, painting listed as cat. no. 175 on page 291.3) Shapiro, Barbara Stern and Sue Welsh Reed, Edgar Degas, The Painter as Printmaker, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1984, listed as cat. no. 25b on page 77.4) Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work. About the Framing:Conservation framed in a Baroque-inspired gold frame, the beautiful design in the moulding is the perfect compliment for this theatrical piece. The delicate gold highlights in Degas' gray-brown backing paper are gracefully accentuated by the luminous gold frame. The subtle tonalities of light and dark in the lithograph are complimented by the crisp white linen wrapped mat. A matching gold inner fillet and Plexiglas cover finish the framing. All materials used are museum quality and archival. NOTE: Our master framer custom frames all our works specifically for our company. If our selection of framing is not to your taste, we can easily custom frame the work to meet your needs. Style: Impressionist Who is Masterworks Fine Art? Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. strives to be the best source of fine art for our clients and collectors all over the world. We believe the most direct way to accomplish this is by establishing a lifetime of personal and professional relationships with our clients. We are a full service art gallery, selling fine art originals at 25-50% off gallery retail prices. We have been collecting art since the early 1970's and have been dealing and selling art for over 20 years. 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