Sujet
Before the Race, c. 1887-1889. Creator: Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917).
Légende
Before the Race, c. 1887-1889. Degas returned to the theme of horse and rider time and again throughout his career. Scholars believe that he executed the first version of this composition of four jockeys on horseback in a charcoal and pastel drawing. Several years later, he traced the composition, reversing its orientation to create the highly finished Cleveland pastel. The palette is intensified, the distance between the second and third jockeys is increased, and the foliage along the horizon has been added to suggest a lush spring day. In the final version, Degas repeated the Cleveland composition, but cropped it much more closely. The jockeys loom close to the foreground, their faces abstracted in complex layers of pastel that achieved a new level of freedom and energy of execution.
Date
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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F71_067
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
442,0Mo (17,9Mo) / 113,3cm x 97,7cm / 13382 x 11544 (300dpi)