Study of a Jockey (M. de Broutelles)

c. 1884

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black crayon on cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.6 x 21.9 cm (13 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.79.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1946, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Atelier Degas, Paris, until 1917 (Lugt 657); (sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 7 - 9 April 1919, no. 160.2); Dr. George Viau [1855-1939], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 December 1942, no. 42). (sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 9 December 1968, Lot #A); (Hector Brame, Paris); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Degas: Portraitiste, sculpteur, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1931, no. 129.

1998

  • Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 74.

1999

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

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1922

  • Rivière, Henri. Les dessins de Degas. Paris, 1922 - 1923: no. 64.

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.

1988

  • Gordon, Robert, and Andrew Forge. Degas. New York, 1988, 82, repro.

1998

  • Degas at the Races. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: no. 74.

Inscriptions

by the artist, upper right in black chalk: de Broutelles

Wikidata ID

Q64556388

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