Hilaire Germaine Edgar Degas
French (1834-1917)
Before the Race
c. 1882
Oil on panel
10 7/16 x 13 3/4 in. (26.5 x 34.9 cm)
Signed lower right: Degas
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.557
Provenance
- [Bought from the artist by Durand-Ruel, Paris, Dec. 10-12, 1882 as Le départ; sold to Lerolle Jan. 10, 1883];
- Henri Lerolle, Paris (1883-d. 1929);
- Madeleine Lerolle, his widow, Paris (1929- until at least 1936);
- [Hector Brame, Paris, by 1937; sold to Durand-Ruel, June 3, 1937 as Chevaux de courses];
- [Durand-Ruel, New York, 1937-1939; sold to Clark, June 6 or 15, 1939];
- Robert Sterling Clark (1939-1955);
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
