A rearing horse in profile facing left and on the reverse, a robed figure and two studies of drapery
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In thin light graphite lines on an off white sheet, a horse at center rears up on its hind legs. Shown in profile, the horse looks ahead to the left, its left leg raised higher than its right leg. Its tail and its left hind leg are left incomplete. On the reverse of the page are three studies. At left, a barefoot figure in profile stands facing left dressed in robes. The head and left hand are incomplete and only suggested by a line or two. At top center is a study of drapery and another study of drapery at right is oriented sideways.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.136
People
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French (Paris, France 1834 - 1917 Paris, France)
Title
Study of a Horse from the Parthenon Frieze; verso: Three Drapery Studies from the Parthenon Frieze
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1854
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296945

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Prepared black chalk on off-white modern laid paper; verso: prepared black chalk
Dimensions
35.1 × 32.1 cm (13 13/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: MICHALLET
  • stamp: recto, l.l.: Atelier stamp [L. 657]
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: "19" in a circle

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Le Bateau-Lavoir, Paris. Mrs. Bernard Helman, Cambridge, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1964. Gift in honor of Miss Agnes Mongan.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Bernard Helman in honor of Miss Agnes Mongan
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.136
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ingres and Degas: Two Classical Draughtsmen, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1961), no. 10
  • Charles W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton University Press (Princeton NJ, 1976), fig. 67
  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Jean Sutherland Boggs, Degas at Harvard, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge and New Haven, 2005), cat. no. 35, fig. 11 (recto; color), fig. 59 (verso), p. 30

Exhibition History

  • Ingres and Degas: Two Classical Draughtsmen, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/24/1961 - 05/20/1961
  • Degas at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2005 - 11/27/2005

Verification Level

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