Lot 53 · 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale
Femme s'essuyant les cheveux
Edgar Degas · pastel and charcoal on paper laid down on card
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- Estimate
- £600,000–£900,000 hammer ≈ $733,827–$1,100,741
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale, London · 28 June 2022
- Dimensions
- 27 3/8 x 22 1/4 in. (69.6 x 56.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3445569
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3445569 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3445569
Edgar Degas, Femme s'essuyant les cheveux. Christie's, 28 Jun 2022, lot 53. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3445569.
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Edgar Degas, Femme s'essuyant les cheveux. Christie's, 28 Jun 2022, lot 53. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3445569.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Hollow Form with White Interior | Barbara Hepworth | £4,000,000–£6,000,000 | |
| Waterloo Bridge, effet de brume | Claude Monet | £22,000,000–£32,000,000 | |
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| Single Room Furnished | Cecily Brown | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Degas | edgar degas | grande arabesque, troisième temps | $988,000 | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | |
| Edgar Degas | edgar degas | grande arabesque, deuxième temps | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Edgar Degas | Loge d’actrices | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Edgar Degas | Repasseuse | Christie's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Edgar Degas | femme debout et vue de face agrafant son corset | Sotheby's, Nov 2020 | ||
| Edgar Degas | Danseuse, position de quatrième devant sur la jambe gauche, | Sotheby's, May 2024 | ||
| Edgar Degas | danseuse, arabesque ouverte sur la jambe droite, bras gauche | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| Edgar Degas | Grande arabesque, troisième temps | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.