Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground

original wax 1870s, cast 1920/1924

Edgar Degas

Sculptor, French, 1834 - 1917

Skip thumbnail navigation
Back to thumbnail navigation
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
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: 22.2 x 12.5 x 27.8 cm (8 3/4 x 4 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
    height without base (of horse): 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1999.79.36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(A.A. Hébrard, Paris); sold or consigned to (Walther Halvorsen), by March 1924.[1] Mrs. E. Arthur;[2] (sale, Sotheby's, London, 31 March 1965, no. 61); (Frank Partridge & Sons, Ltd., London); sold 1965 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA.
[1] According to the archives of the Hébrard foundry, cited in Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991: 177, no. 51; Sara Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo (August 1995): 34; Joseph S. Czestochowski and Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures. Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002: 217.
[2] The consignor's name was kindly provided by Eva Avloniti of the Sotheby's office in London; see her e-mail of 9 April 2003 to Anne Halpern, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1924

  • Possibly [exhibition], Walther Halvorsen, Glasgow, 1924.

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawing, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, no. XX, as Cheval Trottant, repro.

Bibliography

1991

  • Pingeot, Anne. Degas Sculptures. Paris, 1991: no. 51.

1995

  • Campbell, Sara. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes." Apollo 142 (August 1995): 35, no. 49.

2002

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S., and Anne Pingeot. Degas--Sculptures. Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes. Memphis, 2002: 217.

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. 8, 88-89, color repro.

Inscriptions

on corner of base nearest front left hoof: Degas [stamped replica of artist's signature]; on corner of base nearest rear right hoof: Hébrard Foundry stamp and 49/G

Markings

FM: A.A. Hébrard

Wikidata ID

Q63861753

You may be interested in

Loading Results