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A horse in three quarter profile facing left, with a rider seated on its back

Rendered in finely shaded detail in graphite on grainy, oatmeal colored paper, we see a horse at center approaching diagonally and facing left. The horse shows an alert expression with head up, ears pointed and mouth slightly open. The rider in the saddle is described only with light outlines, as are the saddle, stirrups and bridle. In various places the legs are lightly sketched, only to be abandoned and sketched more fully in a different position. In the lower right corner is a partial sketch of the horse’s mouth, and at lower left another partial sketch of its front left shoulder

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.133
People
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French (Paris, France 1834 - 1917 Paris, France)
Title
Horse and Rider
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1870-1878
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/19261

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite with stumping on tan wove paper
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
31.5 x 24.5 cm (12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • estate stamp: recto, lower left: Degas sale stamp [Lugt 658]
  • estate stamp: lower right: Degas Atelier stamp [Lugt 657]
  • gallery label: formerly back of frame: [printed and typed:] THE NEW GALLERY / 63 WEST 44 NEW YORK / ARTIST: Degas DATE: 1870 / TITLE: Cavalier STOCK: Pur 53 / MEDIUM: Drawing PRICE: p8t / SIZE: 11 1/2" x 9"
  • label: formerly back of frame: [typed:] Cavalier: Cat. des tableaux, / pastels, et Vente Degas, Vol / LV, p. 188, #223(c), Haut / 0m30. Larg. 0m24, Trois des- / sins a la mine de plomb, en / un cadre.
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: Ph2016 3
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: h30 / 24 cm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Degas atelier sale IV (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, July 2-4, 1919, lot 223c, repr.; Lugt 657, 658); Durand-Ruel, Paris; New Gallery, New York; Richard B. Sisson [before 1965]; bequest to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Richard B. Sisson and through the generosity of Anthony and Celeste Meier
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.133
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue des tableaux, pastels et dessins par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier 4e vente, July 2-4, 1919, auct. cat., Galerie Georges Petit (Paris, France, July 2 - July 4, 1919), lot 223c, repr.
  • Collecting Privately, exh. cat., Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, Maine, 1965), cat. no. 10, fig. 3
  • Jean Sutherland Boggs, Drawings by Degas, exh. cat., City Art Museum of St. Louis (St. Louis, MO, 1966), no. 56, repr., p. 94
  • Jean Sutherland Boggs, Degas at the Races, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., 1998), fig. 66, p. 115

Exhibition History

  • Collecting Privately, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 07/02/1965 - 09/05/1965
  • Drawings by Degas, City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, 01/20/1967 - 02/26/1967; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 03/10/1967 - 04/30/1967; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 05/16/1967 - 06/25/1967

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