Two Studies of a Jockey, c. 1884

Not on View

Medium

black chalk, charcoal, and pastel on brown laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 47 x 62.2 cm (18 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Lemoisne 1946, no. 509

Accession Number

1999.79.14

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

Image Use

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Provenance

Atelier Degas, Paris, until 1917 (Lugt 657); (Third Degas sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 7 - 9 April 1919, no. 76). (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17 March 1933, no. 29); (Hector Brame, Paris). Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1968; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Brame, Hector
Degas, Atelier
Drouot, Hôtel
Drouot, Hôtel

Exhibition History

1998: Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 73.

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

2012: Impressionism: Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings. Albertina, Vienna, 2012 (not in catalogue).

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.

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. 73.