Racehorses (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")

c. 1881

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal on light brown paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.6 x 43.2 cm (10 7/8 x 17 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.79.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1946, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Atelier Degas, Paris (4th atelier sale, 7-9 April 1919, no. 227 b). Private collection (sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1965, no. 285a, reproduced); (P & D Colnaghi, London); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, until 1999; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 225.

1998

  • Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 68.

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2001

  • Forma. El ideal clásico en el arte moderno, Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2001, 68, 75, 204, no. 21.

2016

  • Degas: A New Vision, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2016-2017.

Bibliography

1946

  • Lemoisne, Paul André. Degas et son oeuvre. 4 vols. Paris: Arts et metiers graphiques, 1946-1949. Vols. 2 and 3, 1946. Reprinted in 5 vols., New York and London, 1984.

1961

  • Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. 3rd rev. ed., New York, 1961: 140.

1998

  • Degas at the Races. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: no. 68.

2000

  • "Gifts and Acquisitions." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 23 (Spring 2000): 5-6, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q64556383

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