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The Jockey
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About this work
A study made for a larger racetrack composition rendered in pastel, Degas’s Jockey shows the attention that the artist lavished on perfecting the positions of the horse’s legs, hoofs, jaw straining against the bit, and the swish of the tail.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineThe Jockey, c. 1885–1900. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Charcoal; sheet: 48.5 x 31.2 cm (19 1/8 x 12 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1927.301
