Horse Walking
Edgar Degas
(French, 1834–1917)
modeled about 1880, cast after 1919
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueBronze
Dimensions12.7 x 20.95 cm (5 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Margarett Sargent McKean
Accession number1979.508
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceMarch 12, 1926, sold by A. A. Hébrard et Cie, Paris, to Quincy Adams Shaw McKean (b. 1891 - d. 1971), Boston [see note 1]; by descent to his wife, Margarett Williams Sargent McKean (b. 1892 - d. 1978); 1979, bequest of Margarett Williams Sargent McKean to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 17, 1979)
NOTES:
[1] According to notes, in which his name is given as "M. Shaw Mac Keen", from the Hébrard archives, published in Anne Pingeot's Degas Sculptures (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Éditions/Reunion des musées nationaux, 1991). In 1918 Hébrard signed a contract with the heirs of Edgar Degas to produce and sell bronze castings of the artist's sculptures.
NOTES:
[1] According to notes, in which his name is given as "M. Shaw Mac Keen", from the Hébrard archives, published in Anne Pingeot's Degas Sculptures (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Éditions/Reunion des musées nationaux, 1991). In 1918 Hébrard signed a contract with the heirs of Edgar Degas to produce and sell bronze castings of the artist's sculptures.
Edgar Degas
