Property from the Collection of William and Eleanor Wood Prince, Chicago, Illinois
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cheval au galop, tournant la tête à droite, les pieds ne touchant pas terre; jockey monté sur le cheval
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cheval au galop, tournant la tête à droite, les pieds ne touchant pas terre; jockey monté sur le cheval
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 32/Q A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base); numbered again '36/Q' (on the bottom of the jockey's right foot)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.)
Length: 14¼ in. (36.2 cm.)
Concieved in 1865-1881; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard, marked HER and HER.D respectively
Cheval au galop, tournant la tête à droite, les pieds ne touchant pas terre; jockey monté sur le cheval
stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 32/Q A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base); numbered again '36/Q' (on the bottom of the jockey's right foot)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm.)
Length: 14¼ in. (36.2 cm.)
Concieved in 1865-1881; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard, marked HER and HER.D respectively
Provenance
Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris.
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), London.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1954.
The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), London.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 1954.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, p. 20, nos. XVII and XVIII (another cast illustrated, p. 55).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 144, nos. S.53 and S.54 (another cast illustrated, p. 143).
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 144, nos. S53 and S54 (another cast illustrated, p. 143; titled Cheval au galop monté par un jockey).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, p. 74, nos. XVII and XVIII (another cast illustrated, pp. 74-75).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, August 1995, vol. CXLII, no. 402, pp. 26-27, no. 32 (another cast illustrated, p. 26).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, p. 185, no. 32 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 184; another cast illustrated, p. 185).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 144, nos. S.53 and S.54 (another cast illustrated, p. 143).
J. Lassaigne and F. Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, p. 144, nos. S53 and S54 (another cast illustrated, p. 143; titled Cheval au galop monté par un jockey).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, p. 74, nos. XVII and XVIII (another cast illustrated, pp. 74-75).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné," Apollo, August 1995, vol. CXLII, no. 402, pp. 26-27, no. 32 (another cast illustrated, p. 26).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, p. 185, no. 32 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 184; another cast illustrated, p. 185).
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