DrawingsFrench19th century

Horse and Rider

c. 1870-1878

Artists

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar DegasArtist

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Albumen silver print

Medium

Graphite with stumping on tan wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

31.5 x 24.5 cm (12 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Degas atelier sale IV (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, July 2-4, 1919, lot 223c, repr.; Lugt 657, 658); Durand-Ruel, Paris; New Gallery, New York; Richard B. Sisson [before 1965]; bequest to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006

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