Saddled Horse with a Study of a Rider

c. 1860s

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

This is a drawing of a horse with a saddle. The drawing depicts a horse standing in profile view. The horse is equipped with a saddle. In the background, there are faint unfinished sketches of another figure atop another horse. The composition focuses on the details of the horse's anatomy and the lines that define its posture and stance.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

In the artist's atelier at the time of his death (Lugt 657). Baron Louis de Chollet [1904-1972], Fribourg; (sale, Christie's, New York, 15 November 1990, no. 105); private collection; (sale, Christie's, London, 7 February 2002, no. ); William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, Dallas, TX; bequest to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1951

  • Degas. Berner Kunstmuseum, Bern, 1951, no. 134.

1968

  • Degas' Racing World. Wildenstein, New York, 1968, no. 35.

2014

  • Mind's Eye: Masterworks on Paper from David to Cézanne. Dallas Museum of Art, 2014, no. 47 (color)(entry by George Shackelford).

Markings

lower left: Degas estate stamp [very faint] (Lugt 657)

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