The Jockey

Description

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.

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]

The Jockey

Edgar Degas

c. 1885–1900

Accession Number

1927.301

Medium

charcoal

Dimensions

Sheet: 48.5 x 31.2 cm (19 1/8 x 12 5/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland