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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/C A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base); numbered '36/C' (on the rider's left foot)
bronze with reddish and dark brown patina
Height: 11 7⁄8 in. (30 cm.)
Length: 14 1⁄8 in. (35.8 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1882-1895; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER 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/C A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (Lugt 658; on the top of the base); numbered '36/C' (on the rider's left foot)
bronze with reddish and dark brown patina
Height: 11 7⁄8 in. (30 cm.)
Length: 14 1⁄8 in. (35.8 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1882-1895; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER respectively
Provenance
Private collection, Paris; sale, Hôtel Drouot, 12 June 1995, lot 7.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1998, lot 120.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1998, lot 120.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Rewald, ed., Degas Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, London, 1944, p. 20, nos. XVII and XVIII (another cast illustrated, p. 55).
J. Rewald and L. von Matt, L'oeuvre sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, nos. XVII and XVIII (another cast illustrated, pl. 12).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 144, nos. S53 and S54 (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).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. 23 (another cast illustrated, fig. 62).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 74-75, nos. XVII and XVIII (another cast illustrated).
A. Pingeot and M. Horvat, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 178, no. 53 (another cast illustrated, pp. 88-89).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné" in Apollo, August 1995, pp. 26-28, nos. 32 and 36 (other casts illustrated).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, pp. 184-185, no. 32 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 184; original wax model illustrated, p. 185).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D. Barbour and S. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Nineteenth-Century Art, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, pp. 239-243 and pp. 526 and 529, nos. 36 and 37 (original wax model illustrated, p. 239; details of another cast illustrated, pp. 239-243).
S.G. Lindsay, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Edgar Degas Sculpture, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010, pp. 80-83, nos. 6A and 6B (original wax models illustrated in color, p. 81).
J. Rewald and L. von Matt, L'oeuvre sculpté de Degas, Zurich, 1957, nos. XVII and XVIII (another cast illustrated, pl. 12).
F. Russoli and F. Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, p. 144, nos. S53 and S54 (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).
C.W. Millard, The Sculpture of Degas, Princeton, 1976, p. 23 (another cast illustrated, fig. 62).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 74-75, nos. XVII and XVIII (another cast illustrated).
A. Pingeot and M. Horvat, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 178, no. 53 (another cast illustrated, pp. 88-89).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné" in Apollo, August 1995, pp. 26-28, nos. 32 and 36 (other casts illustrated).
J.S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, pp. 184-185, no. 32 (another cast illustrated in color, p. 184; original wax model illustrated, p. 185).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D. Barbour and S. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Nineteenth-Century Art, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, pp. 239-243 and pp. 526 and 529, nos. 36 and 37 (original wax model illustrated, p. 239; details of another cast illustrated, pp. 239-243).
S.G. Lindsay, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Edgar Degas Sculpture, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010, pp. 80-83, nos. 6A and 6B (original wax models illustrated in color, p. 81).
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