Edgar Hilaire Germain Degas. 1834-1917.
Autportrait (Self Portrait). Winter, 1857. Etching. Adhémar-Cachin 13.vi. Proof from the cancelled plate. 9 x 5 3/8 (sheet 11 15/16 x 8 7/16). Printed on BFK Rives wove paper. Illustrated: Passeron, French Prints of the Twentieth Century; Weschler, Great Prints and Printmakers, p. 173; Hults The Print in the Western World, p. 551. Unsigned. $1,250.
Degas was only 23 when he etched this penetrating study.