Lot 136
  • 136

Edgar Degas

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • Jockey blessé
  • stamped Degas (lower right)
  • charcoal on paper
  • 24.7 by 32cm., 9¾ by 12⅝in.

Provenance

Sale: Galerie Georges Petit, 3ème Vente Atelier Edgar Degas, Paris, 7-9th April 1919, lot 353b
Maurice Le Garrec, Paris
R. Balay, New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner circa late 1950s

Exhibited

Saint Louis, City Art Museum; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art & Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Drawings by Degas, 1967, no. 45, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Wildenstein, Degas' Racing World, 1968, no. 26, illustrated in the catalogue
Washington, National Gallery of Art, Degas at the Races, 1998, no. 99, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Paul-Henry Boerlin, 'Zum Thema des gestürzten Reiters bei Edgar Degas' in Jahresbericht der Öffentlichen Kunstsammlung Basel, 1963, pp. 45-54, mentioned throughout and illustrated fig. 7
Denys Sutton, Edgar Degas: Life and Work, New York, 1986, illustrated p. 139

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, laid down on cardboard. The left and lower edges of the sheet are uneven with some nicks and tiny losses. There sheet is slightly time-stained and there are a couple of minuscule spots of foxing in places. There are some finger smudges, inherent to the artists process, and a small area of minor abrasion to the upper right corner. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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