Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:
Edgar Degas
(1834-1917)
at the 3rd impressionist exposition in 1877
an impression of his exhibited art-works
Which art-works did Degas exhibit in 1877?
On this page you will find an accounted impression of the about 28 works that were shown by Edgar Degas at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1877 (catalogue numbers: 37-61+hc). 14 works were monotypes of which at least 8 were enhanced with pastel, many of them were café scenes. 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, 3IE-1877-47, Choristes; appartient à M. C. = 1877, CR420, The Chorus (Les Figurants), pastel over monotype, 27×31, Orsay (iR2;iR59;R90II,p73+91;R26,no416;R114,no420;R2,p204;M1) Caillebotte bequest.
Edgar Degas, 1875ca, CR365, Ballet Rehearsal, 55×68 , NAMA Kansas City (iR2;iR26,no485;R114,no365;R90I,p157;R90II,p74+92;R2,p204;M42) =!? 3IE-1877-61, Répétition de ballet
Edgar Degas, 1874ca, CR400, The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, 54×73, Metropolitan (M23;iR10;iR22;R26,no466;R2,p204;;R90II,p74+92) =?? 3IE-1877-61, Répétition de ballet
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-39, Ballet =? 1878, CR491, The star (dancer on a stage), pastel over monotype, 58×42, Orsay (iRx;R26,no520;R90II,p72+89;R90I,p163;R2,p204;M1) Caillebotte bequest.
Edgar Degas, 3IE-1877-40, Danseuse, un bouquet à la main = 1877, CR418, Dancer With Bouquet, pastel + gouache + thinned oil (tempera), 67×38, Orsay (iR53;iR59;R26,no499;R90I,p186;R2,p204;R90II,p72+90;M1)
Edgar Degas, 1878ca, CR490, Dancer with a bouquet of flowers (The Star of the ballet), p+g, 81×66, JPGM Los Angeles (iR53;R26,no519;R2,p204;R90I,p164;M31) =?? 3IE-1877-57, Ballet
Edgar Degas: 1877-80ca, CR513, Ballet at the Paris Opera, pastel, 35×71, AI Chicago (iR2;R26,no724;R114,no513;R2,p204;iR30;M20) =??? 3IE-1877-39 or 57, Ballet
Edgar Degas, 1873-76ca, CR341, The ballet class, 85×75, Orsay (iR2;R26,no479;R114,no341;R2,p204;R90II,p7;M1)=?? 3IE-1877-48, Classe de danse. Not 1IE-1874-55, Classe de danse; appartient à M. Brandon.
Edgar Degas, 1875-81ca, CR654, The dance lesson, pastel, 48×63, private (iR377;R26,no770;R114,no654;R2,p204;R90I,p181) =Viau sale 1901/03/04-108 =?? =?? 3IE-1877-48, Classe de danse
Edgar Degas, 1874-77ca, CR430, The Rehearsal, 58×84, AGM Glasgow (iR2;iR53;R2,p204;R90II,p72+89;R90I,p167;R26,no502;R114,no430;M186) =?? 3IE-1877-48, Classe de danse =?? 3IE-1877-38, École de danse; Appartient à M. H.H.
Edgar Degas, 1873ca, CR398, The Dance Class, 48×62, NGA Washington (M21;iR377;iR2;R26,no490;R47,p63;R114,no398;R2,p204;R90II,p72) = expo London 1876,no.131 =!? 3IE-1877-38, École de danse; Appartient à M. H.H.
Edgar Degas, 1877-78ca, CR448, Two Dancers Entering the Stage, pastel over monotype, 32×29, Harvard Cambridge (iR2;R26,no506;R2,p204;R90II,p73;R90I,p181;M32) Compare: 3IE-1877-52, Coulisses de théâtre
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-41, Danseuses à la barre. Option 1: 1876-77, CR408, Dancers Practicing at the Barre, thinned oil, 75×80, Metropolitan (iR2;iR59;aR23;R90II,p72+90;R2,p204+217;R26,no497;R114,no408;M23). Rouart collection (R45).
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-41, Danseuse à la barre. Option 2: 1876-77, CR421, Danseuse à la barre, pastel, 20×22, xx (iR377;R90I,p198;R90II,p72;R2,p204;R26,no498;R114,no421)
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-41, Danseuse(s) à la barre, drawing in L’Impressionniste, 1877/04/14 after 1876-77, CR421, Danseuse à la barre, pastel, 20×22, xx (R90I,p198)
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-58-1, Dessins faits à l’encre grasse et imprimés =? 1876-77ca, Ludovic Halévy speaking with Madame Cardinal (from Ludovic Halévic: La famille Cardinal), print after pastel on monotype, 27×18, A2023/07/23 (iR17;iR7;iR2;iR15;iR10;aR21;M22;M152;R2,p204;aR21;R90II,p74)
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-58-2, Dessins faits à l’encre grasse et imprimés =? 1876-77ca, Ludovic Halévy finds Mme Cardinal in the dressing room (from Ludovic Halévic: La famille Cardinal), print after monotype, 21×16, MFA Boston (M22;M152;aR21;iR10)
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-59-1, Dessins faits à l’encre grasse et imprimés =? 1876-77ca, Virginie being admired while the Marquis Cavalcanti looks on (from Ludovic Halévic: La famille Cardinal, p85), monotype + pastel, 16×12, NGA Washington (M21;iR8;iR11;iR10;aR21;R2,p204;R90II,p74)
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-59-2, Dessins faits à l’encre grasse et imprimés =? 1876-77ca, Pauline and Virginie Cardinal conversing with admirers (from Ludovic Halévic: La famille Cardinal), monotype, 21×16, Harvard Cambridge (iR10;iR91;iR11;aR21;R2,p204;R90II,p74;M32)
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-60-1, Dessins faits à l’encre grasse et imprimés =? 1876-77ca, In the rain (from Ludovic Halévic: La famille Cardinal), print after monotype, 16×11, private (aR21;M22;M152;iR10)
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-60-2, Dessins faits à l’encre grasse et imprimés =? 1876-77ca, The famous good friday dinner (from Ludovic Halévic: La famille Cardinal), print after monotype, 21×16, private (aR21;M152;M22;iR10)
Edgar Degas, 3IE-1877-37, Femmes devant un café, le soir; appartient à M. C. = 1877, CR419, Women on a Café Terrace in the Evening, pastel over monotype, 41×60, Orsay (iR2;iR59;R26,no430;R90I,p181;R90II,p72+89;R27,p42;R2,p204+197;M1) Caillebotte bequest.
Edgar Degas: 1876-77, CR404, The Cafe Concert, pastel on monotype, 24×43, NGA Washington (M21;iR2;aR23;R26,no411;R2,p204+354+360;R90II,p72+90;R205,no26) =!? 3IE-1877-43, Café-concert Compare: 6IE-1881-19+hc3-3, (Drawings and sketches: Chanteuses en scène)
Edgar Degas: 1877, CR458, Mlle Bécat aux Ambassadeurs, pastel over litho, 16×12, A2007/05/08 (iR11;R90II,p180;R26,no452) =?? 3IE-1877-43-2, Café-concert. Compare: 6IE-1881-19+hc3-4, (Drawings and sketches: Chanteuses en scène)
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-44, Café-concert =!? 1875-77ca, CR405, Café Concert at ´Les Ambassadeurs´, pastel over monotype, 37×27, MBA Lyon (iR2;iR59;R26,no413;R2,p204+354;R90II,p73+90) Compare: 6IE-1881-19+hc3-3, (Drawings and sketches: Chanteuses en scène). Note the effect of light and the low perspective.
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, 3IE-1877-55, Billard. Compare: 1892, CR1114, The Billiard Room at Menil-Hubert, 51×65, Sg Stuttgart (iR2;R26,no1157;R2,p204)
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-56, Cabinet de toilette =!? 1879ca, CR547, Woman squatting, pastel over monotype, 18×13, Orsay (iR2;iR10;iR23;aR23=MS1235;R205,no191;R26,no868;R90I,p173;R90II,p73+92;R2,p204;M1) =Caillebotte bequest
Edgar Degas: 3IE-1877-45, Femme sortant du bain; appartient à M. C. =!? 1877ca, CR422, Woman Leaving Her Bath, pastel on monotype (lithograph), 16×22 (23×31), Orsay (iR2;aR23=MS1240;R205,no175;R26,no427;R90II,p73+90;R2,p204+195;R114,no422;M1) Caillebotte bequest.
Edgar Degas: 1876-77, CR423, Woman getting out of her bath, pastel over monotype, 17×22, NSM Pasadena (M43;iR10;iR59;aR23=MS971;R205,no174;R26,no428;R90II,p73+90;R2,p204;R114,no423;M43) Compare: 3IE-1877-46, Femme prenant son tub le soir
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, 3IE-1877-50, Bains de mer, petite fille peignée par sa bonne = 1870-77ca, CR406, Beach Scene, thinned oil, 46×81, NG London (iR2;iR59;R26,no410;R90II,p73+91;R2,p204+201;M61)
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, 3IE-1877-49, Portrait de monsieur H.R… = 1875, CR373, Henri Rouart in front of His Factory, 65×50, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh (iR2;R26,no392;R27,p53;R2,p218;R90II,p73+91)
Edgar Degas: 1867, CR165, Josephine Gaujean, 59×44, ISGM Boston (iR2;iR10;iR8;iR1;R26,no224;R47,p8+34;R27,p93;R90II,p73/74+91;R90I,p167+181) =S1869-661, Portrait de Mme G… =? 3IE-1877-53, Portrait
Edgar Degas: CR163, 1867, Portrait of a young woman (Rose Adelaide Aurore de Gas, Ducess Morbelli de Sancto Angelo??), 27×22, Orsay (iR2;R2,p219;R90II,p73/74;R26,no223;M1). =?? 3IE-1877-54, Portrait (Maybe not exhibited). Note the rendering of the character.
Probably / maybe not exhibited:
3 works maybe were not exhibited: no.42 + 51 + 54. I assume no.42 that would be exhibited in 1879 wasn’t and no.51 that probably wasn’t exhibited in 1876 was and also that no.54 was exhibited.
Edgar Degas: 4IE-1879-70, Chanteuse de café (pastel); appartient à M. C. G… =1878ca, CR478bis, Chanteuse de café (au gant), the singer with the glove, pastel+tempera, 53×41, FAM Cambridge (iR6;aR23;R90II,p72+111+129;R2,p268;R26,no448;R114,no478bis;M32) Loan by Camille Groult =? 3IE-1877-42, Chanteuse de café-concert (probably not exhibited).
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: CR163, 1867, Portrait of a young woman (Rose Adelaide Aurore de Gas, Ducess Morbelli de Sancto Angelo??), 27×22, Orsay (iR2;R2,p219;R90II,p73/74;R26,no223;M1). =?? 3IE-1877-54, Portrait (Maybe not exhibited). Note the rendering of the character.
Clarification :
One work was exhibited outside the catalogue (=hors catalogue = hc). The numbers 58-60 all contained at least 2 ‘dessins’ that were probably monotypes. In reality the numbers 37+39+43+44+45+46+47+56 also were monotypes reworked with pastel. 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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