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Lot 187
  • 187

Edgar Degas

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • Cheval au galop tournant la tête à droite, les pieds ne touchant pas terre; jockey monté sur le cheval
  • Inscribed with the signature Degas, numbered 32/J and stamped with the foundry mark Cire Perdue A.A. Hebrard; numbered 36/J (on the Jockey's left foot)
  • Bronze
  • Height: 11 3/8 in.
  • 29 cm

Provenance

Galerie De l'Art Moderne, Paris
Private Collection (Acquired by the family of the present owner circa 1950)
Thence by descent

Exhibited

Geneva, Musee d'Art et d'histoire et Musee Rath, Sculptures du XXeme siecle, de Rodin a tinguely, Collections du Musee d'Art e d'Histoire, 1984, no. 100, illustrated in the catalogue
Geneva, Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Animaux d'art et d'histoire. Bestiaire des collections genevoise, 2000, no. 273, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

John Rewald, Edgar Degas: Works in Scuplture, New York, 1944, nos. XVII & XVIII, illustration of another cast p. 55
John Rewald, Degas Sculpture, The Complete Works, Zurich, 1957, p. 144, nos. XVII-XVIII, illustration of another cast pl. 12 & 20
John Rewald & L. von Matt, L'oeuvre sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, no. XVII, p. 144, illustration of another cast pl. 12
Charles Millard, The Sculpture of Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. 23.
John Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, p. 74, nos. XVII-XVIII, illustration of another cast pp. 74-75
Anne Pingeot & M. Horvat, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 53, illustration of another cast, pp. 88-89
Sarah Campbell, "Degas: The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, 1995, pp. 26-28, nos. 32 and 36, illustration of another cast p. 26
Joseph S. Czestochowski & Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonne of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, illustration of another cast p.184

Condition

Dark reddish-brown patina. Minor surface dirt in deepest crevices. Minor patina rubbing to horse and jockey at points of contact. Otherwise fine; work is in excellent condition.
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