Edgar Degas - Before the Race 1882

Before the Race 1882
Before the Race
1882 26x34cm oil/canvas
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute at Williamstown, MA, USA

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From Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute at Williamstown:
The horses and jockeys in this painting are presented in a variety of different positions, waiting restlessly for the start of a race. Throughout his career, Degas explored the ways in which movement could be suggested in a still image. Before the Race was painted in the artist’s studio, from preparatory drawings, though its dazzling brushwork preserves the immediacy of a work painted outdoors. An avid horseman, Sterling Clark was undoubtedly attracted to this painting’s equestrian subject matter.
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