Sketch of a Horse and Jockey, with Figure and other Horses (Primary Title)
Jacques Despierre, French, 1912 - 1955 (Artist)
In this watercolor, horses canter alongside the railing to enter the paddock just before a race. The horses’ tense musculature, depicted as flattened planes in the cubist style, exaggerates the composure of their strides. Little known today, Despierre was an academic cubist fully familiar with the works of painters such as Jacques Villon, who in studies such as this successfully achieved a fusion of the experimental and the decorative possibilities of the style.
Signed lower right: D
Inscribed in graphite on verso: "66x88", "#6" and "2420- Mellon"
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", The National Sporting Library & Museum, May 6 - July 31, 2016
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
9/11/2010 - 1/2/2011 - "Corot to Cezanne: French Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon", VMFA, [113 DAYS]
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
9/11/2010 - 1/2/2011 - "Corot to Cezanne: French Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon", VMFA, [113 DAYS]
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