Adrien-Aurélien Hébrard (1865–1937) Family, Paris, Hébrard Foundry; Mme Hébrard, Paris. [Michel Kellerman, Paris, 1960s]. Possibly Mrs. Sam Salz.(1) [Stephen Hahn (1921–2011), New York, sold 23 February 1968 to];(2,3) Norton Simon, Inc. Foundation, Pasadena, exchanged 16 November 1977 for another Degas bronze with;(4) [Stephen Hahn, New York]. Anonymous (sale, Manalapan, Florida, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 March 1979, lot 177). [ArtInvest, New York]. Anonymous (sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 May 1982, lot 209). [Reid and Lefevre Gallery, London].(1) [Coe Kerr Gallery Inc., New York, sold 16 June 1983 to]; A. J. Perenchio (1930–2017), Los Angeles, gifted 2025 to; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Footnotes
(1) According to Coe Kerr Gallery Inc. object record in owner’s object file. Campbell, “Degas: The Sculptures,” and Czestochowski and Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, do not list this owner.
(2) According to the Norton Simon Museum’s deaccession file, provided to Leah Lehmbeck September 2015. See also Sara Campbell, “Degas: The Sculptures,” Apollo: The International Magazine of the Arts (August 1995).
(3) Born in Hungary in 1921, Stephen Hahn spent his early years in Paris and came to New York following World War II. Hahn established his gallery in Manhattan and later became an advisor to Norton Simon, representing him at auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s. See Suzanne Muchnic, Odd Man In: Norton Simon and the Pursuit of Culture (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1998), pp. 60, 62.
(4) According to the Norton Simon Museum’s deaccession file it was exchanged for the “M” cast of the same model and deaccessioned in 1982 in a private sale through Christie’s
