Lot 31
  • 31

Edgar Degas

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Edgar Degas
  • Cheval au galop sur le pied droit, le pied gauche arrière seul touchant terre ; jockey monté sur le cheval
  • stamped Degas, numbered 25/M, and bears the foundry mark CIRE PERDUE A.A. HEBRARD (on the base) ; numbered 35/3 (under the jockey's right foot)
  • bronze
  • height : 24.5 cm ; 9 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie d'Art Moderne, Paris 
Private Collection (acquired circa 1950)
Thence by descent

Exhibited

Yverdon, Hôtel de Ville & Zurich, Kunsthaus, De Daumier à Picasso, 1956, nos. 29 & 35
Lausanne, Palais de Beaulieu, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso,1964, no. 17
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso, 1967, no. 14
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art; Kyoto City Museum of Art and Fukuoka Prefectural Cultural Center, Edgar Degas, 1976- 1977, no. 85
Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Fantaisie équestre, 1982, no. 99
Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, L'Impressionnisme dans les collections romandes, 1984, no. 33
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Animaux d'art et d'histoire. Bestiaire des collections genevoises, 2000, no. 274

Literature

John Rewald, Edgar Degas, Works in Sculpture: A Complete Catalogue, New York, 1944, another example illustrated p. 20
John Rewald, Degas Sculpture, The Complete Works, Zurich, 1957, another example illustrated p. 143
Franco Russoli & Fiorella Minervino, L'opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, another example illustrated p. 144
Charles W. Millard, The Sculpture of Edgar Degas, Princeton, 1976, another example illustrated p. 14
John Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 70-71
Anne Pingeot & Frank Horvat, Degas Sculptures, Paris, 1991, p. 176
Joseph S. Czestochwski and Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonne of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, another example illustrated p.170

Condition

Dark reddish-brown patina. Minor surface dirt in deepest crevices. Minor patina rubbing to horse and jockey and at their contact points. Jockey has a slightly more golden-brown patina than horse. Few spots of accretion visible in crevices as well as along horse's hind leg. Otherwise fine; work is in excellent condition.
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