THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cheval au galop sur le pied droit, le pied gauche arrière seul touchant terre; and Le Jockey monté sur le cheval
Details
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Cheval au galop sur le pied droit, le pied gauche arrière seul touchant terre; and Le Jockey monté sur le cheval
The horse signed, numbered and stamped 'Degas 25 HER' and with the foundry stamp 'CIRE PERDUE A.A. HEBRARD' (on the base), the jockey inscribed and numbered 'H-E-R 35' (on the base of his right foot)
bronze with brown patina
9½in. (24cm.) high, including jockey
Cast between 1919 and 1921 by A. A. Hébrard in an edition of twenty- two, lettered A-T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and Hébrard. Both of these bronzes the Hébrard castings. The original wax models were executed between 1865 and 1881
Cheval au galop sur le pied droit, le pied gauche arrière seul touchant terre; and Le Jockey monté sur le cheval
The horse signed, numbered and stamped 'Degas 25 HER' and with the foundry stamp 'CIRE PERDUE A.A. HEBRARD' (on the base), the jockey inscribed and numbered 'H-E-R 35' (on the base of his right foot)
bronze with brown patina
9½in. (24cm.) high, including jockey
Cast between 1919 and 1921 by A. A. Hébrard in an edition of twenty- two, lettered A-T, plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and Hébrard. Both of these bronzes the Hébrard castings. The original wax models were executed between 1865 and 1881
Provenance
A. A. Hébrard, Paris (these being the casts reserved for him).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 4 Dec. 1968, lot 38 (¨16,000) to Nicolas. Private Collection, Texas.
Acquavella Galleries, New York.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 4 Dec. 1968, lot 38 (¨16,000) to Nicolas. Private Collection, Texas.
Acquavella Galleries, New York.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture, London, 1957, no. XIV and XV, pls. 20 and ? (other casts illustrated).
F. Russoli & R. Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, nos. S.49 & S.50 (other casts illustrated).
C. W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pl. 64 (the original wax model illustrated).
S. Campbell, 'Degas: The Sculpture, a Catalogue Raisonné', Apollo, August 1995, nos. 25 and 35 (other casts illustrated fig. 25).
F. Russoli & R. Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, nos. S.49 & S.50 (other casts illustrated).
C. W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, pl. 64 (the original wax model illustrated).
S. Campbell, 'Degas: The Sculpture, a Catalogue Raisonné', Apollo, August 1995, nos. 25 and 35 (other casts illustrated fig. 25).