Racehorse
artist
Edgar Degas
(Paris, 1834 - 1917, Paris)
Dateabout 1870
Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumBlack, and white chalk on brown wove paper
Dimensions30.6 x 44.5 cm (12 1/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.4.o.90
eMuseum ID720774
Previous NumberP17e87
Previous NumberP17e134
EmbARK ObjectID10752
Original Number3.1.o.24
TMS Source ID22
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesGalerie 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.
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.
MarksNotesInscribed in graphite (recto, lower right): Ph 1958
Stamped in red ink (recto, lower left): Degas
Numbered in blue crayon (verso, upper right): 2135
Stamped in red ink (recto, lower left): Degas
Numbered in blue crayon (verso, upper right): 2135
ProvenanceNotesEstate 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).
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).
