Antique Vintage Sanguine Drawing signed Degas of a Noble Gentleman, looks like a stamp lower left, 18 3/4 x 11 3/4". There are tears and tape around the border. There a no other markings on the piece to signify provenance. This piece is being sold as attributed to. The auction house are not experts in authenticating. If you have questions please email.
Degas was born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar de Gas on July 19, 1834, in Paris, France. (As an adult, Degas reverted his last name back to the original spelling.) His father, Auguste, was a banker, and his mother, Celestine, was an American from New Orleans. Their family were members of the middle class with nobler pretensions. For many years, the Degas family spelled their name "de Gas"; the preposition "de" suggesting a land-owning aristocratic background which they did not actually have.

18.75 x 11.75 in

10 lb