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Edgar Degas

Study of Horses, c. 1886

Not on View

Medium

charcoal and graphite on brown paper

Dimensions

overall: 24.3 x 30.8 cm (9 9/16 x 12 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Lemoisne 1946, undescribed

Accession Number

1999.79.5

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (artist) French, 1834 - 1917

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Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, until 1999; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Anonymous

Exhibition History

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

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.

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