Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground, original wax 1870s, cast 1920/1924

Medium

copper alloy

Dimensions

overall with base: 22.2 x 12.5 x 27.8 cm (8 3/4 x 4 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
height without base (of horse): 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1999.79.36

Artists / Makers

Edgar Degas (sculptor) French, 1834 - 1917

Image Use

This image is unavailable for download.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .
Contact us about image usage .

Inscription

on corner of base nearest front left hoof: Degas [stamped replica of artist's signature]; on corner of base nearest rear right hoof: Hébrard Foundry stamp and 49/G

Marks and Labels

FM: A.A. Hébrard

Provenance

(A.A. Hébrard, Paris); sold or consigned to (Walther Halvorsen), by March 1924.[1] Mrs. E. Arthur;[2] (sale, Sotheby's, London, 31 March 1965, no. 61); (Frank Partridge & Sons, Ltd., London); sold 1965 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA.

[1] According to the archives of the Hébrard foundry, cited in Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991: 177, no. 51; Sara Campbell, "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes," Apollo (August 1995): 34; Joseph S. Czestochowski and Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures. Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002: 217.

[2] The consignor's name was kindly provided by Eva Avloniti of the Sotheby's office in London; see her e-mail of 9 April 2003 to Anne Halpern, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Arthur, E., Mrs.
Mellon, Paul
Partridge, Frank
Sotheby's, London

Exhibition History

1924: Possibly [exhibition], Walther Halvorsen, Glasgow, 1924.

1974: Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawing, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, no. XX, as Cheval Trottant, repro.

Bibliography

1991: Pingeot, Anne. Degas Sculptures. Paris, 1991: no. 51.

1995: Campbell, Sara. "A Catalogue of Degas' Bronzes." Apollo 142 (August 1995): 35, no. 49.

2002: Czestochowski, Joseph S., and Anne Pingeot. Degas--Sculptures. Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes. Memphis, 2002: 217.

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. 8, 88-89, color repro.