Provenance
The artist [1834-1917]; his heirs;[1] Adrien-Aurélien Hébrard [1865-1937], Paris;[2] his daughter, Nelly Hébrard [1904-1985], Paris;[3] consigned 1955 to (M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., New York); purchased May 1956 by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA.
Associated Names
Degas, EdgarHébrard, Adrien-Aurélien
Hébrard, Nelly
Knoedler & Company, M.
Mellon, Paul
Exhibition History
- 1955
- Edgar Degas 1834-1917: Original Wax Sculptures, M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., New York, 1955, no. 9, repro., as Horse Clearing an Obstacle.
- 1956
- Sculpture by Degas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1956.
- 1991
- Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
- 1998
- Degas at the Races, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 118, repro.
Bibliography
- 1949
- Borel, Pierre. Les Sculptures inédites de Degas. Geneva, 1949: 9, repro.
- 1956
- Rewald, John. Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works. Translated by John Coleman and Noel Moulton. New York, 1956: no. IX.
- 1976
- Millard, Charles W. The Sculpture of Edgar Degas. Princeton, 1976: 21, 23, 59, 100-102, fig. 66.
- 1986
- McCarty, John. "A Sculptor's Thoughts on the Degas Waxes." In Essays in Honor of Paul Mellon, Collector and Benefactor, edited by John W. Wilmerding, 217-225. Washington, D.C., 1986: 219, 220, repro. (radiograph).
- 1991
- Pingeot, Anne. Degas Sculptures. Paris, 1991: no. 43, repro.
- 1995
- Campbell, Sara. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes." Apollo 142 (August 1995): 34, no. 48.
- 2002
- Czestochowski, Joseph S., and Anne Pingeot. Degas--Sculptures. Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes. Memphis, 2002: 215, repro.
- 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. 11, 96-99, color repro.
- 2022
- Conservation Division's Fiftieth Anniversary Committee. "Innovation and Collaboration: Fifty Years of Conservation at the National Gallery." Art for the Nation no. 66 (Fall 2022): 10-11, fig.12-13.
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