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Avant la course
Before the Race
Edgar Degas · 1882
Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
About this painting
Degas painted several near-identical versions of this scene; he studied Eadweard Muybridge's stop-motion photographs to nail the horses' gaits.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
26 × 35 cm (10.2 × 13.8 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
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