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lower right: E. Degas 71

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Provenance

Purchased 1872 from the artist by (Durand-Ruel, Paris); sold 1874 to Jean Baptiste Faure [1830-1914], Paris; returned to Degas; gift to James Tissot [1836-1902], Paris; purchased 1890 by (Durand-Ruel, Paris); (Durand-Ruel New York) from 1925; [1] Mr. and Mrs. Jean D'Alayer, of the Durand-Ruel family, 1951 to 1960.[2] (Janet Traeger Salz, Inc., New York), by 1991; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1992, no. 4, bought in); sold 1995 to NGA.

[1] Early provenance per 1992 Sotheby's sale catalogue.

[2] Mrs. d'Alayer was born Marie-Louise Durand-Ruel, granddaughter of the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. The d'Alayers were lenders to a Degas exhibition at the Berner Kunstmuseum in 1951, and according to a label on the painting's stretcher, the lenders to a 1960 exhibition at Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris.

Exhibition History

1905
Pictures by Boudin, Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Grafton Galleries, London, 1905, no. 60
1937
Exhibition of Masterpieces by Degas, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1937, no. 18
1943
Exhibition Celebrating One Hundred Fortieth Anniversary, Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1943, no. 7.
1947
An Exhibition for the Benefit of American Aid to France, Inc., Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, 1947, no. 17
1951
Degas, Kunstmuseum, Bern, 1951, no. 16
1955
Degas dans les collections françaises, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1955, no. 46
1960
Edgar Degas 1834-1917, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1960, no. 12, repro., as Chevaux dans la Prairie.
1991
Paintings, Pastels and Drawings by Edgard Degas, David Bathurst, Ltd., London, 1991, no. 2.
1998
Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 39, repro.

Bibliography

1890
L'art dans les deux mondes 5 (20 December 1890): 45, repro.
1892
Lecomte, Georges. L'Art Impressionniste d'après la Collection privée de M. Durand-Ruel. Paris, 1892: 60-61, repro.
1908
Grappe, Georges. Edgard Degas. Paris, 1908:26, repro.
1919
Lafond, Paul. Degas. Paris, 1919:44, repro.
1931
Guérin, Marcel, ed. Lettres de Degas. Paris, 1931:17
1939
Venturi, Lionello. Les archives de l'impressionnisme. 2 vols. Paris and New York, 1939: 194
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: 5:no. 289.
1957
Cabanne, Pierre. Edgard Degas. Paris, 1957:107-108
1970
Minervino, Fiorella. L'opera completa di Degas. Milan, 1970:no. 198, repro.
1988
Degas. Exh. cat. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; National Gallery of Canada; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988-1989:221-223
1993
Kendall, Richard. Degas Landscapes. New Haven and London, 1993: 112-113, figs. 91, 101.

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