Head of the Fallen Jockey (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")
c. 1866
Artist, French, 1834 - 1917
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Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk heightened with white on brown paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 25.4 x 34 cm (10 x 13 3/8 in.)
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Accession
1999.79.7
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lemoisne 1946, no. 143
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Atelier Degas, Paris, until 1917 (Lugt 657); René de Gas [1845-1921], Paris; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 November 1927, no. 20); Roland Nepveu-de Gas [1885-1962], Paris, until at least 1931. Armand Dorville [1875-1941], Paris; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 November 1964, no. 33); (Hector Brame, Paris); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, until 1999; gift to NGA, 1999.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Degas Portraitiste, Sculpteur, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1931, no. 101 (as "Portrait d'Achille de Gas").
1998
Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 23.
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.
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.
1984
Lemoisne, Paul-André. Degas et son Oeuvre 5 vols. New York, 1984: 72-73, no. 143.
1998
Degas at the Races. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: no. 23.
2000
"Gifts and Acquisitions." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 23 (Spring 2000): 5.
Inscriptions
by later hand, center left verso in graphite: 6
Wikidata ID
Q64556379