Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003010Horse Turned Three-Quarters
by Edgar Degas
Provenance
Estate of the artist [stamp (Lugt 658), recto, lower left, in red]. René de Gas, (1845-1926) Paris [letter from Justin Thannhauser dated March 22, 1945, in curatorial file]. Gustave Pellet (1859-1919) Paris [Thannhauser letter]; by descent to his son-in-law, Maurice Exsteens (1887-1961), Paris [Thannhauser letter]. Given by Justin K. Thannhauser, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1945.
Exhibition history
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Degas in The Art Institute of Chicago," July 19-September 23, 1984, pp. 127-128, cat. 62 (ill.), cat. by Richard R. Brettell and Suzanne Folds McCullagh.
Publications
Harold Joachim and Sandra Haller Olsen, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Nineteenth Century 2 (Chicago, 1979), p. 39, cat. 2E10.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Edgar Degas / French, 1834-1917
- Date
- c. 1880
- Medium
- Black crayon on buff tracing paper, formerly laid down
- Dimensions
- 32.2 × 22.1 cm (12 11/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- crayon
- Place
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of J. K. Thannhauser
- Accession no.
- 1945.30
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