Edgar Degas

stamped Degas, numbered 32/C and with the foundry mark A.A. Hébrard Cire Perdue; numbered 36/C (on the underside of the jockey's foot)

height: 11 ⅞ in. 30 cm.

Private Collection, Paris

Drouot Montaigne, Paris, 12 June 1995, lot 7

Private Collection, Switzerland

Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1998, lot 120 (consigned by the above)

Max N. Berry, Oklahoma (acquired at the above sale)

Christie’s, New York, 18 November 2025, lot 422 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

John Rewald, Degas, Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue, London, 1944, nos. XVII and XVIII, p. 20 and p. 55, illustration of another cast

John Rewald and Leonard von Matt, L'Oeuvre sculpté de Degas, Zürich, 1957, nos. XVII and XVIII, pl. 12, n.p., illustration of another cast and p. 146

Franco Russoli and Fiorella Minervino, L'Opera completa di Degas, Milan, 1970, nos. S53 and S54, p. 143, illustrations of other casts and p. 144 (titled Cavallo al galoppo, con tutti gli zoccoli alzati e la testa rivolta a destra, montato.)

Jacques Lassaigne and Fiorella Minervino, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Degas, Paris, 1974, nos. S53 and S54, p. 143, another cast illustrated and p. 144 (titled Cheval au galop monté par un jockey)

Exh. Cat., Florence, Palazzo Strozzi and Verona, Palazzo Forti, Degas: Scultore, 1986, nos. 32 and 36, pp. 131 and 189, illustrations of other casts (titled Cavallo al galoppo con la testa verso destra e con tutti gli zoccoli sollevati dal suolo, montato da un fantino)

John Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, nos. XVII and XVIII, p. 74, illustration of another cast and p. 75, illustration of the wax model

Anne Pingeot, Degas, Sculptures, Paris, 1991, no. 53, pp. 88-89, illustrations of other casts, p. 178, illustration of another cast (titled Cheval au galop tournant la tête à driote, les pieds ne touchant pas le sol)

Sara Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures, A Catalogue Raisonné" in Apollo, vol. CXLII, no. 402, 1995, nos. 32 and 36, p. 26, illustration of another cast and p. 28 (titled Horse galloping, turning its head to the right, its feet not touching the ground)

Joseph S. Czestochowski and Anne Pingeot, Degas Sculptures, Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, no. 32, p. 184, illustration in color of another cast and p. 185, illustrations of other casts (titled Horse with Jockey, Horse Galloping, Turning Head to Right, Feet Not Touching the Ground)

Sara Campbell, Richard Kendall, Daphne Barbour and Shelley Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, vol. II, Pasadena, 2009, nos. 32 and 36, p. 238, illustration of another cast in color, p. 239, illustration of another cast, pp. 240-243, illustrations in color of other casts and pp. 526 and 529 (titled Horse Galloping, turning the head to the right, the feet not touching the ground and Jockey)

Suzanne Glover Lindsay, Daphne S. Barbour and Shelley G. Sturman, Edgar Degas: Sculpture, Washington, D.C., 2010, nos. 6a and 6b, p. 37, p. 38, illustration of another cast, pp. 29, 50 and 53, p. 81, illustration in color of the wax model and pp. 82-83 (titled Horse and Jockey)

After Degas’ death in 1917, his heirs authorised the A.A. Hébrard foundry to cast the artist's 73 original wax models into bronze multiples. According to their original agreement, 22 bronze casts would be made for each figure: one set for Degas’s heirs, marked HER; one for the foundry marked HER.D and 20 sets for sale, marked A-T. Each bronze is thus numbered alpha-numerically, indicating both the foundry’s inventory number and the series to which it belongs. However, Hébrard sometimes did not complete a full letter series or, he produced more examples that were originally contracted, resulting in many variations in the edition sizes for each figure. The present cast is marked 32/C and 36/C, and from this series, 22 casts have been located.