Edgar Degas
Dancer Fastening the String of Her Tightsmodelled 1885–1890, cast 1919–1937 or later

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Geffen Galleries

Artist or Maker: Edgar Degas
France, Paris, 1834-1917
Title: Dancer Fastening the String of Her Tights
Culture: French
Date Made: modelled 1885–1890, cast 1919–1937 or later
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 16 1/2 × 8 3/8 × 6 1/16 in. (41.91 × 21.27 × 15.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of A. Jerrold Perenchio
Accession Number: M.2025.64.15
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance: Adrien-Aurélien Hébrard (1865–1937) Family, Paris, Hébrard Foundry.(1) Edwin H. Mosler Jr. (1918–1982) (sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 4 November 1982, lot 24, to);(2) [Coe Kerr Gallery Inc., New York, purchased for and transferred 10 November 1982 to]; A. J. Perenchio (1930–2017), Los Angeles, gifted 2025 to; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Footnotes
(1) The cast leaves France in 1968 according to Czestochowski and Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, p. 187, no. 33, cast her.
(2) Edwin H. Mosler Jr. was the fourth generation of Moslers to oversee Mosler Safe Company, the world’s largest safemaking company at the time it was sold in 1968. In addition to artwork, Mosler had an impressive sports memorabilia collection and mechanical toy coin bank collection.
Selected Bibliography: Lehmbeck, Leah, ed. Impressionist and Modern Art: The A. Jerrold Perenchio Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2016.
Copyright: photo © Fredrik Nilsen

On view:

Geffen Galleries

Artist or Maker: Edgar Degas
France, Paris, 1834-1917
Title: Dancer Fastening the String of Her Tights
Culture: French
Date Made: modelled 1885–1890, cast 1919–1937 or later
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 16 1/2 × 8 3/8 × 6 1/16 in. (41.91 × 21.27 × 15.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of A. Jerrold Perenchio
Accession Number: M.2025.64.15
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance: Adrien-Aurélien Hébrard (1865–1937) Family, Paris, Hébrard Foundry.(1) Edwin H. Mosler Jr. (1918–1982) (sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 4 November 1982, lot 24, to);(2) [Coe Kerr Gallery Inc., New York, purchased for and transferred 10 November 1982 to]; A. J. Perenchio (1930–2017), Los Angeles, gifted 2025 to; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Footnotes
(1) The cast leaves France in 1968 according to Czestochowski and Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, p. 187, no. 33, cast her.
(2) Edwin H. Mosler Jr. was the fourth generation of Moslers to oversee Mosler Safe Company, the world’s largest safemaking company at the time it was sold in 1968. In addition to artwork, Mosler had an impressive sports memorabilia collection and mechanical toy coin bank collection.
Selected Bibliography: Lehmbeck, Leah, ed. Impressionist and Modern Art: The A. Jerrold Perenchio Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2016.