Object details
Accession number
2.4.o.90
Primary Creator
Edgar Degas
(Paris, 1834 - 1917, Paris)
Full title
Racehorse (Cheval)
Creation Date
about 1870
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at auction from Galerie Georges Petit, Paris on 2-4 July 1919 for 2,800 francs for two drawings (with 3.1.o.93) through her agent Fernand Robert (Fourth sale, Atelier Edgar Degas, lot 229b).
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (recto, lower right): Ph 1958Stamped in red ink (recto, lower left): DegasNumbered in blue pencil (verso, upper right): 2135
Dimensions
30 x 40 cm (11 13/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Black, white and red chalk on brown paper
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Short Gallery
Bibliography
Galerie Georges Petit. Catalogue des Tableaux, Pastels et Dessins par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier,... (Paris, 2-4 July 1919), p. 194, lot 229b.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 126.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 131-32.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 42-43.
Jean Sutherland Boggs. Degas at the Races. Exh. cat. (Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1998), pp. 85-86, fig. 56.
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