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Atelier Degas

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Edgar Degas, Studies of Feet [verso], 1855, graphite on laid paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.32.b

Studies of Feet [verso]

Edgar Degas · 1855 · graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.32.b

Edgar Degas, René de Gas [recto], 1855, graphite on laid paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.32.a

René de Gas [recto]

Edgar Degas · 1855 · graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.32.a

Edgar Degas, Racehorses (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey"), c. 1881, charcoal on light brown paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1999.79.9

Racehorses (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")

Edgar Degas · c. 1881 · charcoal on light brown paper ·  Accession ID  1999.79.9

Edgar Degas, Study of a Jockey, c. 1884, charcoal on brown paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1999.79.12

Study of a Jockey

Edgar Degas · c. 1884 · charcoal on brown paper ·  Accession ID  1999.79.12

Two groups of people face off in front of a hilly landscape in this loosely painted, vertical scene. On our left, a pale young man in a white tunic looks with eyes wide and lips parted at a group of three people on our right. The young man's right hand, on our left, is raised to stroke the head of a reddish-brown horse at his right shoulder. He stands with feet planted wide, knees bent, and he curls his left hand into a fist. Behind him, a man holds up a fluttering, light blue cape. A mottled red wall forms a backdrop to this scene on our left. The tight group gathered under a tree on our right stares back at the young man. The trio is made up of a balding, older man, a light-skinned boy also wearing a white tunic, and, closest to us, a brown-skinned woman wearing a marigold-orange shirt and a maroon-red skirt. Behind this group, a pair of pale raised arms suggests a fourth person, but the head is missing or has been painted over. The ground under the people is saffron orange. In the center of the picture, beyond the people, a group of horses stands near a green bank by a river, its surface reflecting white. The far bank is lined with white buildings. Tan and olive-green slopes rise from the opposite riverbank under a pale blue sky with cream-white clouds sweeping along the top edge of the composition. The artist signed his name in red paint in the lower right corner: “Degas.”
Edgar Degas, Alexander and Bucephalus, 1861/1862, oil on canvas, Bequest of Lore Heinemann in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann, 1997.57.1

Alexander and Bucephalus

Edgar Degas · 1861/1862 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1997.57.1

Edgar Degas, Fallen Jockey (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey"), c. 1866, graphite on blue paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1999.79.6

Fallen Jockey (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")

Edgar Degas · c. 1866 · graphite on blue paper ·  Accession ID  1999.79.6

Edgar Degas, Dancer Seen from Behind and Three Studies of Feet, c. 1878, black chalk and pastel on blue-gray laid paper, Gift of Myron A. Hofer in memory of his mother, Mrs. Charles Hofer, 1945.6.1

Dancer Seen from Behind and Three Studies of Feet

Edgar Degas · c. 1878 · black chalk and pastel on blue-gray laid paper ·  Accession ID  1945.6.1

Edgar Degas, Head of the Fallen Jockey (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey"), c. 1866, black chalk heightened with white on brown paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1999.79.7

Head of the Fallen Jockey (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")

Edgar Degas · c. 1866 · black chalk heightened with white on brown paper ·  Accession ID  1999.79.7

Six pink-skinned ballerinas stretch of practice in this horizontal pastel drawing. The scene is roughly sketched so some details, like the women’s faces, are indistinct. They all have brown hair and costumes with sleeveless bodices and knee-length tutus. Three dancers cluster close to us. Two at the front have tutus shaded with peacock blue and amethyst purple and dotted with spring green. The bodices of these two and the one standing behind them are copper orange. The woman to our right holds both hands to the small of her back. Another touches her hair with both hands, and the third stands with her feet apart in fourth position, toes pointing outward, and hands clasped gracefully down in front of her. The other three dancers wear pale pink bodices and tutus that match the color of their skin. Taking up the left half of the composition and moving slightly back in space, one dancer leans forward with one arm raised, and the other two bend double to brush one hand by their feet. The floor is tawny brown. The background is loosely drawn with strokes of lime green, pale pink, teal blue, and sand brown. The artist’s name appeared in the lower left corner, “Degas.”
Edgar Degas, Ballet Scene, c. 1907, pastel on greenish transparent tracing paper, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.16

Ballet Scene

Edgar Degas · c. 1907 · pastel on greenish transparent tracing paper ·  Accession ID  1963.10.16

Edgar Degas, Study of a Jockey (M. de Broutelles), c. 1884, black crayon on cream paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1999.79.13

Study of a Jockey (M. de Broutelles)

Edgar Degas · c. 1884 · black crayon on cream paper ·  Accession ID  1999.79.13