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Jockey on horseback seen from behind

Maker

(artist)
1834-1917

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1888

Medium

charcoal with stumping on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 32.6 cm
Width: 25.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.LB.16

Mode of Acquisition

Lillian Browse, gift, 1982

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Degas both collected and created a large number of depictions of horses and jockeys, showing his interest in the subject. Capturing the movement of the rider and his mount seen from an unexpected viewpoint, the composition displays a deceiving effect of immediacy. The drawing is in fact a deeply pondered association of control and energy, in the motif as well as in the handling of the charcoal. Degas's feeling for volumes, achieved by the varying thickness of his line, is paralleled in the textured surface and vigorous contours of his galloping horse statuettes.

Provenance

artist's estate sale (L.657 and L.658), Galerie Georges Petit (Paris), 7-9 April 1919, no. 97 on p. 77; purchased by Lillian Browse, London (1906-2005), 1976 (according to 1983 exhibition catalogue); Lillian Browse Gift 1982

Exhibition History

Special Display - French Drawings of the 19th century, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 08/02/2008-12/06/2008

Lillian Browse Memorial Exhibition, Browse and Darby, London, 27/11/2006-01/12/2006

A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983

Literature

A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and Sculpture, Courtauld Institute Gallery, London, 1983
cat. no. 5
ill.

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: "1 / hunt"; lower right, blue crayon: "pb1424" and below that "2408". Frame backboard, Verso: centre, white chalk, circled: “5”.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left, stamped in red: Edgar Degas (L.658). Verso: lower right, stamped in red but now completely faded: Edgar Degas (L.657).

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