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

Not on View

Medium

graphite on blue paper

Dimensions

overall: 26 x 34.3 cm (10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Lemoisne 1946, undescribed

Accession Number

1999.79.6

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: 13; upper right in graphite: ppg 13

Provenance

Atelier Degas, Paris (Lugt 657); Roland Nepveu-Degas [1885-1962] (not in Lugt). (sale, Hôtel Drouot Rive Gauche, Paris, 6 May 1976, no. 31, as "Etude pour le jockey blessé"); Huguette Bérès, Paris, 1976; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Beres, Huguette, Ms.
Degas, Atelier
Drouot, Hôtel
Nepveu-de Gas

Exhibition History

1998: Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 20.

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.

1998: Degas at the Races. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: no. 22.