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Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
French, 1834–1917
Rearing Horse
Modeled c. 1870s, cast 1919–21
Image Caption
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Rearing Horse, Modeled c. 1870s, cast 1919–21, bronze. Clark Art Institute, 1955.569
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
12 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (30.8 x 26 x 21 cm)
Object Number
1955.569
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
On View
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George, LaVerne, and Martica Sawin. "In the Galleries ..." Arts 30, no. 1 (October 1955): 53.
New York: M. Knoedler & Co. Edgar Degas: Original Wax Sculptures.. Nov. 9-Dec. 3, 1955.. Paris: Gazette des Beaux-Arts.. Degas dans les collections françaises.. 1955.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Five: French Paintings of the 19th Century. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1956. John Rewald. Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works.. Zürich: Thames and Hudson.. 1957. Pierre Cabanne.. Edgar Degas. Trans. by Michael Lee Landa.. Paris: Editions Pierre Tisné.. 1958.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Ten: Degas. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1959. Haavard Rostrup.. Modern Sculpture: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.. Copenhagen: Moderne Afdeling.. 1964.. Sotheby's. Advertisement. Burlington Magazine 109, no. 769 (April 1967): i–xliv. London: Sotheby & Co.. Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture.. April 26, 1967.. Anonymous. "International Saleroom." Connoisseur 165, no. 665 (July 1967): 192–93. . . Revue du Louvre, 17, no. 3.. (1967).. New York: Wildenstein & Co.. Degas's Racing World, March 21-April 27, 1968. Paris: Orangerie des Tuileries.. Degas: Oeuvres du Musée du Louvre.. June 27-Sept. 15, 1969.. G. Schurr.. "Paris: Three Hundred Works of Degas.". Connoisseur, 177.. (Sept. 1969).. London: The Lefevre Gallery. Edwar Degas: 1834-1917.. June 4-July 1970.. Minervino, Fiorella, and Franco Russoli. L'Opera completa di Degas. Milan: Rizzoli, 1970. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Edgar Degas (1834-1917). Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1970. Terrasse, Antoine. Degas. Garden City (NY): Doubleday. 1972. Butler, Joseph T. "The Degas Bronzes." Connoisseur 186, no. 749 (July 1974): 219–20. Stephanie Barron.. "Edgar Degas: Rearing Horse.". Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 17, no. 3.. (1974).. London: The Lefevre Gallery.. The Complete Sculptures of Edgar Degas.. Nov. 18-Dec. 21, 1976.. Charles W. Millard.. The Sculpture of Edgar Degas.. Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press.. 1976..Ratcliff, Carter. "New York Letter. " Art International xxi, no. 5 (October–November 1977): 56–60.
Richmond (VA) Museum of Fine Arts.. Degas. May 23-July 9, 1978. Jean-Jacques Lévêque.. Edgar Degas.. Paris: Editions Siloé.. 1978.. Patricia Failing.. "The Degas Bronzes Degas Never Knew.". Art News, 78.. (April 1979).. London: Browse & Darby, Ltd. Degas and Rodin: Sculptures and Drawings.. April 19-May 25, 1979.. 1979. Dunlop, Ian. Degas. New York: Harper & Row; London: Thames & Hudson, 1979. Maurice Rheims.. Histoire mondiale de la sculpture: Dix-neuvième siècle.. Tokyo: Hachette Réalités.. 1979.. Peter Fusco and H. W. Janson, eds.. The Romantics to Rodin.. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.. 1980.. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.. Never Say Die. May 17-Sept. 14, 1980. Essay by David S. Brooke for brochure, "Three Cheers for the Twenty-Fifth." Fernandez, Rafael, and Alexandra R. Murphy. Degas in the Clark Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1987. Lovett, Jennifer Gordon. The Art and Craft of Nineteenth-Century Sculpture. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1994. Middlebury College Museum of Art.. Carvings, Casts & Replicas: Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from Europe & America in New England Collections. Sept. 220-Dec. 18, 1994; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Feb. 10-April 23, 1995. Cat. by John M. Hunisak.. 1994..