Head of the Fallen Jockey (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey"), c. 1866

Not on View

Medium

black chalk heightened with white on brown paper

Dimensions

overall: 25.4 x 34 cm (10 x 13 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Lemoisne 1946, no. 143

Accession Number

1999.79.7

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, center left verso in graphite: 6

Provenance

Atelier Degas, Paris, until 1917 (Lugt 657); René de Gas [1845-1921], Paris; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 November 1927, no. 20); Roland Nepveu-de Gas [1885-1962], Paris, until at least 1931. Armand Dorville [1875-1941], Paris; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 24 November 1964, no. 33); (Hector Brame, Paris); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, until 1999; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Degas, Atelier
Dorville, Armand
Drouot, Hôtel
Drouot, Hôtel
Gas, René de
Nepveu-de Gas, Roland

Exhibition History

1931: Degas Portraitiste, Sculpteur, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1931, no. 101 (as "Portrait d'Achille de Gas").

1998: Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 23.

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

2016: Degas: A New Vision, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2016-2017.

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.

1984: Lemoisne, Paul-André. Degas et son Oeuvre 5 vols. New York, 1984: 72-73, no. 143.

1998: Degas at the Races. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: no. 23.

2000: "Gifts and Acquisitions." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 23 (Spring 2000): 5.