DEGAS Edgar (Paris 1834 - 1917) - [Portrait of a young woman]. Circa 1867. Original black pencil drawing on greige paper, mounted on thin wove paper, stamped lower left with the artist's signature (Lugt n°658). Preparatory to the portrait of "Femme debout près d'une fenêtre" (circa 1867, oil on canvas, 57 x 49 cm, Algiers, Musée national des Beaux-Arts, Inv. IG 3245, Reference: Michel Schulman 789). Provenance: Galerie Bonafous-Murat; Sale of the Degas studio, IVth vacation (July 2, 3 and 4, 1919), lot no. 72 (reproduced): "Six Croquis à la mine de plomb, au charcoal et au crayon noir, dans un cadre". Dimensions: 27.8 x 23.1 cm. Condition A (good state of preservation, apart from very rare, barely visible foxing).