Before the Race

c. 1887–89 Sheet: 57.5 x 65.4 cm (22 5/8 x 25 3/4 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.27

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...

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