- Seventy-four Degas plasters recorded in full color illustrations in
this scholarly catalogue raisonné - New scientifically gained insights
into the historic casting of Degas sculptures - Detailed depiction of
all 74 plasters will please every Degas collector In 1955 seventy-four
original plasters recording sculptures by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) were
moved to the old Valsuani foundry in Paris only to reappear in France in
2004. These plasters are now being published for the first time,
presenting new documentary and physical evidence regarding their dating
following an in-depth analysis into the condition of Degas's waxes at
the time of his death. Technical and documentary evidence now proves
that as many as half of the serialized "Hébrard" Degas bronzes now held
in museum and private collections around the world were in fact cast at
the Valsuani foundry in the 1950s and 1960s -- long after the Hébrard
foundry closed in 1935/36. All of the now cleaned 74 Degas plasters are
recorded in full color illustrations in this scholarly catalogue
raisonné.
