Study of a Jockey, c. 1884

Not on View

Medium

charcoal on brown paper

Dimensions

overall: 31.8 x 24.8 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Lemoisne 1946, undescribed

Accession Number

1999.79.12

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

Image Use

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Provenance

Atelier Degas, Paris, until 1917 (Lugt 657); (3rd atelier sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1918, no. 105.4). (Galerie Schmidt, Paris, by 1975). (E. V. Thaw and Co., Inc., New York); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1978; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Degas, Atelier
Galerie Georges Petit
Galerie Schmidt
Thaw & Co., Inc., E.V.

Exhibition History

1975: Degas, Galerie Schmit, Paris, 1975, no. 80.

1978: Degas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1978, no. 24 (no cat.).

1998: Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 76.

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

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.

1998: Degas at the Races. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: no. 76.