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A Horse Trotting
A Horse Trotting
A Horse Trotting
A Horse Trotting

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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Degas' interest in horses is evidenced by his numerous paintings with racecourse subjects, such as the Barber's magnificent 'Jockeys Before the Race' made between 1878 and 1879. This model may have been inspired by a photograph of 'The Trot' by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), the pioneering English photographer of animal locomotion, first published in France in 1881. This cast is number 11/T out of 22 casts made posthumously from the cast of a wax model found in Degas' studio after his death.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

A Horse Trotting

Date

modelled late 1880s & cast 1919–1921

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 23 x W 8.4 x D 22.5 cm

Accession number

50.3

Acquisition method

purchased from Alex Reid & Lefèvre Ltd., 1950

Work type

Statue

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