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Before the race
[Avant la course]
MS : 1438
- Location
- Private Collection
The Artwork
- Dimensions
- 65 × 72 cm - 25 9/16 × 28 3/8 in.
- Period
- Circa 1893
- Medium
- Pastel
- Signature
- en bas à gauche : Degas
- Lemoisne
- IV-1143, p. 663
Additional information
History
Atelier Degas - Durand-Ruel & Cie, Paris - M. et Mme Sidney F. Brody - Collection particulière.
Exhibitions
Los Angeles, County Museum, 1958, An Exhibition of Works by Degas, n° 64, repr. p. 65 - Londres, Lefevre Gallery (?) - New York, Wildenstein & Cie., 1960, Degas' Racing World, n° 61 (repr.) - New York, Wildenstein & Cie., 1968, Degas' Racing World, n° 16 (repr. non paginé) - Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1998, Degas at the Races, cat. 98, repr. p. 150.
Bibliography
Lemoisne, 1946-1949, IV, n° 1143, repr. p. 663 - Boggs, Cat. exp. Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1998, Degas at the Races, cat. 98, repr. p. 150 - Oberthür, 2018, Edgar Degas. Le peintre du cheval et des courses, 2018, fig. 136, repr. p. 149.
Last updated : 30/06/2026