The Jockeys Artist: Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

ca. 1882

European Art

On view, 2nd floor, European Art
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

unframed: 10 3/8 × 15 11/16 in. (26.4 × 39.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of J. Watson Webb, B.A. 1907, and Electra Havemeyer Webb

Accession Number

1942.302

Culture
Period

19th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

H.O. Havemeyer, New York; J. Watson Webb and Electra Havemeyer Webb, New York.
Bibliography
  • Jennifer Gross, ed., Edgar Degas: Defining the Modernist Edge, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2003), 10, 42–43, no. 11, pl. 11
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Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works)

Subject

horses jockeys

Inscriptions

Signed lower left: "Degas"

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