About This Artwork
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
French, 1834-1917
Horse Turned Three-Quartersc. 1880
Black crayon on buff tracing paper, formerly laid down
322 x 221 mm
Gift of Mr. J. K. Thannhauser, 1945.30
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
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.
Publication History
Harold Joachim and Sandra Haller Olsen, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Nineteenth Century 2 (Chicago, 1979), p. 39, cat. 2E10.
Ownership History
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 (died 1919) Paris [Thannhauser letter]; by descent to his son-in-law, Maurice Exsteens, Paris [Thannhauser letter]. Given by Justin K. Thannhauser, New York, to the Art Institute, 1945.