Horse Rearing

original wax 1880s, cast 1920/by 1964

Edgar Degas

Sculptor, French, 1834 - 1917

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G4


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    copper alloy

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall with base: 31 x 20.2 x 25.5 cm (12 3/16 x 7 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
    height without base (of horse): 30.6 cm (12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.79.38


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(A.A. Hébrard, Paris); Degas heirs; sold 9 September 1962 to (Hector Brame, Paris); sold 9 March 1964 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia;[1] bequest 1999 to NGA.
[1] Sylvie Brame, e-mail dated 27 August 2008 to Anne Halpern. Mr. Mellon's acquisition date is given in his collection records as May 1964. E-mail and Mellon records are in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Degas, Virginia Museum, Richmond, 1978, no. 42.

1998

  • Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 128, repro.

2007

  • Déja Vu? Revealing Repetition in French Masterpieces, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Phoenix Art Museum, 2007-2008, no. 35, fig. 50.

Bibliography

1991

  • Pingeot, Anne. Degas Sculptures. Paris, 1991: no. 44.

1995

  • Campbell, Sara. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes." Apollo 142 (August 1995): 13, no. 4.

2002

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S., and Anne Pingeot. Degas--Sculptures. Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes. Memphis, 2002: 129.

2010

  • Lindsay, Suzanne Glover, Daphne S. Barbour, and Shelley G. Sturman. Edgar Degas Sculpture. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2010: no. 10, 94-95, color repro.

Inscriptions

on top of base near left rear hoof: Degas [stamped replica of artist's signature]; on corner of base nearest right rear hoof: 4/HER.D and CIRE / PERDUE / AA HEBRARD

Markings

FM: A.A. Hébrard

Wikidata ID

Q63861726


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