Edgar Degas
Before the Race
1871-7226.5 x 35 cm
Oil on wood
Signed lower right: Degas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Widener Collection
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
L 317
Collection catalogues
Diane Kelder, French impressionists, from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., New York, 1980, pp. 68-69
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 699
Provenance
Purchased from the artist in April 1872 by Durand-Ruel, Paris
sold 7 May 1873 to Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914), Paris
sold 28 February 1881 to Durand-Ruel, Paris
Jules Féder, Paris
Erwin Davis, New York
his sale, New York, 19 March 1889, nr. 62, as Before the Races
with Cottier and Co., London and New York
sold 1894 to Peter A.B. Widener (died 1915), Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park
gift 1942 to NGA
Other works by Edgar Degas
The return of the herd
c. 1896-98
c. 1896-98
Woman drying her hair
c. 1893-98
c. 1893-98
Portraits, at the Stock Exchange
c. 1878-79
c. 1878-79
Out of the Paddock (Racehorses)
1868-72, reworked 1874-78
1868-72, reworked 1874-78
Interior with Two Figures
c. 1869
c. 1869