Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:
Edgar Degas
(1834-1917)
At the 2nd impressionist exposition in 1876
an impression of his exhibited art-works
Which art-works did Degas exhibit in 1876?
On this page you will find an accounted impression of the about 23 works that were shown by Edgar Degas at the 2nd ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1876 (catalogue numbers: 36-59). Most works depicted portrait, ballet scenes and women ironing. Probably 2 works were not exhibited (no.52 +56) and many suggestions stay uncertain. I render the pictures by form and in thematical order. Note: If you double click on the first (of a cluster of) pictures and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-36, Portraits dans un bureau (Nouvelle-Orléans) = CR320, 1873, Le bureau de coton à la Nouvelle Orléans, 73×92, MBA Pau (iR2;iR23;R90II,p48+34;R2,p161+170;R26,no356;M170) Purchased in 1878.
Edgar Degas, 2IE-1876-40, Cour d’une maison (Nouvelle-Orléans, esquissé) = CR309, 1872-73, Children on a Doorstep, 60×75, OC Copenhagen (iR2;R26,no346;R90II,p34+49;R2,p161;M93)
Edgar Degas, 1882-1905 (1890ca), CR1023, Chez les modistes, oil, 60×75, JPGM Los Angeles (M31;iR377;R26,no680;R2,p161) =?? 2IE-1876-57, Modiste
Edgar Degas: 1875ca, CR371, Madame Jeantaud in the mirror, 74×84, Orsay (iR2;aR23=MS1164;R26,no393;R114,no371;R47,p67;R11,p211;R2,p161;M1) =?? 2IE-1876-57, Modiste; =Saint-Petersbourg 1912-176
Edgar Degas: 1867-74ca, CR357, Melancholy, 19×25, Phillips Washington (iR10;iR6;iR8;aR23;R90II,p35+49;R90I,p86+290;M29) =? 2IE-1876-43, Portrait, le soir =EU-C-1900 =former Viau collection
Edgar Degas, 1869-70, CR271, Madame Camus with a Fan, 73×92, NGA Washington (iR2;iR59;R90II,p49+35;R2,p173;R47,p8+47;R26,no258;R27,p93;R114,no271;M21) =S1870-758, Portrait de Mme C… =?? 2IE-1876-43, Portrait, le soir
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-53, Orchestre =? 1876, CR391, The ballet ‘Robert le diable’, 75×81, VAM London (iR10;aR23=MS381;R26,no487;R114,no391;R2,p161;R90II,p36;M65) Ordered by Fauré in 1874, in his possession from 1876-1881.
Edgar Degas, 2IE-1876-53, Orchestre =? 1872 (+1874-76), CR295, Musiciens à l’orchestre, 64×49, Städel Frankfurt aM (iR6;iR2;iR8;R26,no290;R90II,p36;M54)
Edgar Degas: 1876-79, CR554, After the Bath, monotype + pastel, 21×16, private (iR2;aR23=MS1004+1583;R205,no178;R26,no864) =?? 2IE-1876-55, Femme se lavant le soir. Compare: 5IE-1880-39, Toilette; pastel.
Edgar Degas: 1876-77, CR890, Woman drying herself after the bath (Woman at her toilette), pastel over monotype, 46×60, NSM Pasadena (iR2;aR23=MS1075;R205,no152;R90II,p73+91;R26,no932;R114,no890;M43) =? 3IE-1877-46, Femme prenant son tub le soir. Compare: 2IE-1876-55, Femme se lavant le soir. Provenance: before 1887 Boussod-Valadon; till 1922ca. Monet.
Edgar Degas, 2IE-1876-47, Coulisses = CR512, 1876-80ca, Yellow Dancers (in the Wings, preparing for the ballet), 73×60, AI Chicago (iR2;R26,no726;R114,no512;R2,p161+149;R90II,p35+49;R90I,p86+290+103;M20)
Edgar Degas: 1876-85ca, CR617, Dancers in Pink, 59×74, HSM Farmington (iR53;iR10;iR114;iR2;R26,no790;R114,no617;R2,p161;M39) Compare: 2IE-1876-48, Coulisses
Edgar Degas, 1875ca, CR362, La Répétition au foyer de la danse (Studies by ballerinas), 41×55, Phillips Washington (iR10;iR6;iR8;R90II,p49+35;R26,no486;R114,no362;M29) =? 2IE-1876-44, Salle de danse
Edgar Degas: 1873-74, CR340, Salle de danse (ballet rehearsal on stage), grisaille, 65×81, Orsay (iR2;iR59;iR23;R26,no470;R90II,p7+22;R90I,p37;M1) Compare: 1IE-1874-60, Répétition de ballet sur la scène, dessin; appartient à M. Mulbacher. Probably not: 2IE-1876-44, Salle de danse (R2,p174;R90II,p35)
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-45, Salle de danse =?? 1873ca, CR324, (Trois) Danseuses dans une salle d’exercice, 28×23, A2019/02/27 (iR15;R26,no464;R45) Henri Rouart sale MJ1912-179
Edgar Degas: 1875-76, CR375, Two Dancers in the foyer (Dance School), p+g, 29×20, private (iR53;R26,no491;R90I,p55;R2,p161;R90II,p35) Compare: 2IE-1876-45, Salle de danse
Edgar Degas: 1875-80, CR388, Danseuse rajustant son chausson, thinned oil + sepia + pastel on pink paper, 40×32, private (iR10;iRx;iR64;iR42;iR138;aR23=MS1968;R90II,p50+35;R26,no495;R90I,p86+290) =? 2IE-1876-51-1, Divers croquis de danseuses
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-51-2, Divers croquis de danseuses =!? 1874ca, Sbr, Danseuse, vue de dos, les mains sur les hanches, peinture à l’huile et à l’essence, blanc (rehaut), papier (rose), pinceau, 37×26, Louvre / Orsay (iR377;iR23;aR23;M5a;M1;R90II,p50+35;R90I,p86+290) Provenance 1894+ Guillaumin
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-37, Examen de danse, Appartient à M. F… = 1876, CR397, the dance class, 84×77, Metropolitan (iR2;R2,p161;R90II,p48+34;R47,p64;R26,no488;M23).
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-41, Blanchisseuses =!? 1875-76ca (+1882-86ca), CR687, Sbl, Laundry Girls Ironing, 82×76, NSM Pasadena (iR2;iR10;aR23;R1,p466;R26,no596;R90II,p49+34;R114,no687;M43)
Edgar Degas: 1875-76 (1882-86), CR686, Stl, Les Blanchisseuses, 79×73, private (iR10;aR23;R26,no595;R114,no686) Compare: 2IE-1876-41, Blanchisseuses; Provenance: Fauré; Durand-Ruel 1893/01/03; expo London GG1905-63
Edgar Degas: 1884-86ca, CR785, Str, Les repasseuses (two women ironing), 76×82, Orsay (iR2;iR23;R26,no624;R114,no785;M1) Compare: 2IE-1876-41, Blanchisseuses. Provenance Durand-Ruel 1891
Edgar Degas: 1884ca, CR786, Stl, Les blanchisseuses (The laundresses), pastel, 59×74, private (aR23;iR383;iR10;R26,no625) Compare: 2IE-1876-41, Blanchisseuses.
Edgar Degas: 1882-1884ca, CR776, Reading a letter, pastel, 63×45, Glasgow AGM (iR53;iR10;aR23;R26,no618;R2,p161;R114,no776;M186) Compare: 2IE-1876-41, Blanchisseuses
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-54, Blanchisseuse =? 1874-78, CR361, La Repasseuse a contre jour, thinned oil, 45×54, MA Avignon (iR10;aR23;R26,no408;R90I,p58+103;R90II,p7;M172?) =Saint-Peterbourg 1912-177. Compare: 1IE-1874-57, Blanchisseuse; appartient à M. Brandon
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-49, Blanchisseuse (silhouette) =!? 1873-74, CR356, Woman Ironing (Silhouette), 54×39, Metropolitan (iR2;iR59;aR23;R90II,p50+35;R26,no368;R47,p61;R2,p161;M23) Durand-Ruel since 1873/06; =? London-7SFA-1873-80, The Parisian Laundress
Edgar Degas: 1876ca (1887ca), CR685, Woman Ironing, thinned oil, 81×66, NGA Washington (M21;iR2;iR8;R26,no597;R2,p161;R90I,p58) =London-GG-1905-68. Compare: 2IE-1876-49, Blanchisseuse (silhouette). Assigned by Faure 1874 and owned 1887-93.
Edgar Degas, 6IE-1881-19, Blanchisseuse =?? 1880-85ca (1892-95), CR846, Woman Ironing, 80×64, WAG Liverpool (iR2;iR8;iR10;R26,no638;R2,p354) Compare: 2IE-1876-49, Blanchisseuse (silhouette).
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-59, Blanchisseuse (dessin) =? 1873ca, Blanchisseuse à contre-jour, dr, 42×31, A2020/10/09 (iR86;iR10;aR23;R114,CR356cp)
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-59, Blanchisseuse (dessin) =? 18xx, Woman ironing (La repasseuse), dr, 53×40, private (iR10;aR23;R114,CR686+687cp)
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-50, Blanchisseuse portant du linge. Compare: 1888-92, CR961, Blanchisseuse portant du linge, pastel, 66×92, private (iR6;iR377;iR10;aR23;R26,no682cp;R114,no961;R2,p161;R90II,p35). Maybe not exhibited.
Edgar Degas, 2IE-1876-39, portrait de femme, ébauche =!? 1869, CR213, Mme Theodore Gobilllard, nee Yves Morisot, 55×65, Metropolitan (iR2;iR59;R90II,p48+34;R26,no249;M23)
Edgar Degas: 1869, CR214, Mme Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot, 1838–1893), pastel, 48×30, Metropolitan (iR8;iR1;M23;R2,p161;R26,no250) =? S1870-3320, Portrait de Mme G….; pastel; =?? 2IE-1876-42, Ébauche de portrait, pastel
Edgar Degas: 1869, CR208, Mme Camus at the Piano, pastel, 43×32, A2017/03/23 (iR15;iR2;R2,p161;R26,no246) =? 2IE-1876-42, Ébauche de portrait, pastel; =1st sale GP1912-182
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-38, portrait de Mr. E. M. = CR339, 1874, Eugène Manet, 65×81, A1981/05/19 (iR2;iR15;R90II,p48+34;R2,p172;R26,no371)
Edgar Degas, 1872, CR305, SDbl, Woman with a vase of flowers (Estelle Musson = Mme René de Gas), 75×54, Orsay (iR2;iR23;R26,no341;R2,p161;M1) =?? 2IE-1876-46, Portrait
Edgar Degas, 1869, CR198, SDbr, Emma Dobigny, 31×26, Kh Hamburg (iRx;iR2;R47,p44;R26,no254;R114,no198;R2,p161;M50) =?? 2IE-1876-58, Portrait
Probably not exhibited :
No. 52 + 56 probably were not exhibited, they returned in 1877, so I assume they weren’t. Maybe an additional photograph was exibited outside the catalogue, but this is doubtfull.
Edgar Degas: 1876, CR393, In a café (The Absinthe drinker), 92×68, Orsay (iR2;R26,no399;R90II,p35+74+92;R2,p147+161+204;R8,p22;M1) =3IE-1877-61+hc, L’Absinthe = 2IE-1876-52, Dans un café (probably not exhibited). Depicting Ellen André + Desboutin in Café Nouvelle Athènes.
Edgar Degas: 1875-76 (+1880s), CR377, Peasant Girls Bathing in the Sea at Dusk, 65×81, NG London (iR2;R26,no396;R114,no377;R90II,p36+50;73+91;R2,p204+161+176;M61) =2IE-1876-56, Petites paysannes se baignant à la mer vers le soir (probably not exhibited) = 3IE-1877-51, Petites filles du pays se baignant dans la mer à la nuit tombante (maybe not exhibited)
Edgar Degas, 1895-96, Dancer, arm stretched, gelatin dry-plate negative, 18×13, BNF Paris (aR17,plate37,cat42;R90I,p70;R90II,p36) Compare CR1274 and others. Compare: 2IE-1876-59+hc, Les Danseuses (photographie d’un tableau) (probably a mistaken suggestion and not exhibited)
Edgar Degas, 1895-96, Dancer, adjusting her shoulder strap, gelatin dry-plate negative, 18×13, BNF Paris (aR17,p44;plate38,fig.31;R90I,p70;R90II,p36) Compare CR1274 and others. Compare: 2IE-1876-59+hc, Les Danseuses (photographie d’un tableau) (probably a mistaken suggestion and not exhibited)
Clarification :
Some suggestions are (quite) certain, but many suggestions are (very) uncertain. Sometimes to ‘compare’ another (extra) picture is given that is (probably) similar to the painting that was exhibited, see also identification of pictures . See link for an account . See also a thematical overview of his exhibited art-works. For explanation of the subscriptions, see . See for the used sources at the bottom of the main page about Edgar Degas .
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