
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Les marlous (Ruffians) Monotype, circa 1880, on thin yellowish paper, apparently 1re Epreuve Plate: 12.4 x 17.2 cm Provenance: Part of the fifth posthumous Atelier Degas sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, 22 -23 November 1918, (lot 266; P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1979 Literature: not recorded by Janis and Adhémar; see also Bonhams 18 December 2018, lot 35 for another impression; Swann Galleries 28 April 2022, lot 26