Edgar Degas

Galerie de l'Art Moderne, Paris
Acquired by the family of the present owner circa 1950
Thence by descent

Yverdon, Hôtel de Ville; Zurich, Kunsthaus, De Daumier à Picasso, 1956, nos. 29 & 35
Lausanne, Palais de Beaulieu, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso,1964, no. 17, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso, 1967, no. 14, illustrated in the catalogue
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art; Kyoto City Museum of Art and Fukuoka Prefectural Cultural Center, Edgar Degas, 1976-1977, no. 85, illustrated in the catalogue
Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Fantaisie équestre, 1982, no. 99, illustrated in the catalogue
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, L'Impressionnisme dans les collections romandes, 1984,  no. 33, illustrated in the catalogue
Genève, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Animaux d'art et d'histoire. Bestiaire des collections genevoises, 2000, no. 274, illustrated in the catalogue

John Rewald, Edgar Degas, Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944,  illustration of another cast p. 20
John Rewald, Degas Sculpture, The Complete Works, Zurich, 1957, illustration of another cast p. 143
F. Russoli & F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, illustration of another cast p. 144
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, illustration of another cast p. 14
John Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 70-71
A. Pingeot & M. Horvat, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 176
Joseph S. Czestochwski and Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonne of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, illustration of another cast p.170

Dark reddish-brown patina. Minor surface dirt in deepest crevices. Minor patina rubbing to horse and jockey and at their contact points. Jockey has a slightly more golden-brown patina than horse. Few spots of accretion visible in crevices as awell as along horse's hind leg. Otherwise fine; work is in excellent condition.
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