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Degas at the races / Jean Sutherland Boggs ; with contributions by Shelley G. Sturman, Daphne S. Barbour and Kimberly Jones.

By: Boggs, Jean Sutherland.
Contributor(s): Sturman, Shelley G | Barbour, Daphne | Jones, Kimberly (Kimberly A.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Washington : London : National Gallery of Art ; Yale University Press, 1998Edition: 1st ed.Description: 271 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0300075170.Subject(s): Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917 -- Exhibitions | Horses in art -- Exhibitions | Horse racing in art -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 759.4 DEG
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During Degas' youth, horseracing became one of the most popular French spectator sports and horses soon came to occupy a special place in his work. This is the exhibition catalogue of over 120 paintings, drawings, pastels, prints and sculptures in which Degas explores the horse in all its facets.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., April 12-July 12, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Boggs's engrossing, lavishly illustrated catalog honors a recent exhibition at the National Gallery devoted to Degas's involvement with portraying horses and their riders. As with his approach to the scrutiny of bathers, dancers, and other performers caught in the course of characteristic action, his conceptions were here rooted in his knowledge of earlier art, enriched by the observation of nature, and finally, translated into indelibly personal terms, exploiting the resources of multiple mediums, including sculpture. In the seven chapters of the first part, Boggs brings to bear the breadth and depth of her expertise in tracing the master's subtle manipulations in exploring that special world, with its culmination in the "Spectral Horses" of his later years. Part 2, contributed by her collaborators in preparing the exhibition, includes a detailed essay on the equine sculptures in wax and bronze, prepared by Barbour and Sturman, along with "Brief History of Horse Racing in France," and an engagingly illustrated chronology, both contributed by Jones. Part 3 presents the catalog of works shown, an extensive bibliography, and a list of selected exhibitions. An admirable publication. Highly recommended. All levels. F. A. Trapp; emeritus, Amherst College