Fallen Jockey (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")

c. 1866

Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1999.79.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lemoisne 1946, undescribed


Artwork history & notes

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

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.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q64556381


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