Study of a Jockey

c. 1884

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal on brown paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1999.79.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1946, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

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

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.

Wikidata ID

Q64556385

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