Before the Race

1882-1884

34.9 cm 26.4 cm

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Throughout the latter part of his career, Degas was obsessed with the restless beauty of the thoroughbred racehorse. Horse racing, which drew together throngs of people from many levels of society, was a singularly appropriate subject for representing modern life.Degas typical...

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Durand-Ruel; Cyrus J. Lawrence, New York; Cyrus J. Lawrence Sale, New York, January 21, 1910, no. 62; Henry Walters, Baltimore, January 21, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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