The Jockey

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Jockey

Edgar DegasLinkedCulture matchlcp-568c79847d76

Date
c. 1885–1900
Medium
charcoal
Culture
France, 19th century
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
109142

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A study made for a larger racetrack composition rendered in pastel, Degas’s Jockey shows the attention that the artist lavished on perfecting the positions of the horse’s legs, hoofs, jaw straining against the bit, and the swish of the tail.

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Credit line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Provenance
estate of the artist (Lugt 658, lower left, in red ink and Lugt 657, verso, lower right, in red ink). [C.W. Kraushaar Gallery]

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