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The Jockey

The Jockey

c. 1885–1900
(French, 1834–1917)
France, 19th century
charcoal
Sheet: 48.5 x 31.2 cm (19 1/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.301
Location: not on view

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.
  • estate of the artist (Lugt 658, lower left, in red ink and Lugt 657, verso, lower right, in red ink). [C.W. Kraushaar Gallery]
  • “Lists of Objects in the Exhibition.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 16, no. 9 (1929): 159–75. Mentioned: p. 167 www.jstor.org
    Francis, Henry S. "Drawings by Degas." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 44, no. 10 (December 1957): 212-17. Mentioned: p. 216 www.jstor.org
    DeGrazia, Diane and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000. Mentioned: P. 5
  • Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 15-May 16, 2004).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 15 - May 16, 2004. "Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement". Not in exh. cat.
    Dayton (Ohio) Art Institute, Edgar Degas: Exploring Dimensions (cat. title: Edgar Degas: The Many Dimensions of a Master French Impressionist) (Aug. 12-Oct. 9, 1994), no. 38, illus. p. 76.
    CMA, Treasures on Paper (May 10-July 24, 1988).
    The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).
    CMA, The Impressionist Aesthetic (Aug. 10-Oct. 31, 1982).
    40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).
    CMA, Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland during Its First Twenty Years to the Cleveland Museum of Art: 40th Anniversary of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1919-1959 (Dec. 3, 1959-Jan. 20, 1960).
    CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (June 15-Aug. 10, 1954).
    CMA, "Museum Drawings, Gallery VIII" (June 12-Nov. 7, 1951).
    CMA, "Drawings from the Collection, Gallery VIII" (June 15, 1949-Apr. 24, 1950).
    CMA, "Drawings in Gallery VIII" (June 10-Oct. 20, 1947).
    Washington, D.C., Phillips Memorial Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Drawings and Pastels by Edgar Degas (Mar. 30-Apr. 30, 1947), no. 34, illus.
    Works of Edgar Degas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 5-March 9, 1947).
    CMA, Works by Edgar Degas (Feb. 5-Mar. 9, 1947), no. 72, pl. LI.
    CMA, Work by Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas (June 15-Oct. 6, 1946).
    French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).
    CMA, French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections (among CMA drawings supplementing this show) (Jan. 6-Feb. 15, 1942).
    CMA, "exhibited as part of the Museum of Modern Art travelling show, Picasso: His Forty Years of Art"(?) (Nov. 6-Dec. 8, 1940).
    Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-October 3, 1940).
    CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 11-Oct. 3, 1940).
    Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 28, 1937).
    CMA, "75 Drawings from the Collection" (Feb. 10-Apr. 28, 1937).
    Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 12-September 15, 1935).
    CMA, Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections (July 12-Sep. 15, 1935).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; May 13 - July 13, 2003. " Object in Focus: Degas' Jockeys "
    French Art Since Eighteen Hundred. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8-December 8, 1929).
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