General introduction: Though the catalogue (nos: 14-28) indicate that Degas exhibited 15 art-works, he probably did show just 10 pastels. See link for an account. Number 17 and 18 maybe weren’t exhibited and though not indicated in the catalogue no.18 probably was a pastel. Particular was the serie of nudes that Degas exhibited. There are 6 activities mentioned in the catalogue of women doing there toilet. There were many reviews, but still it is unclear how many works Degas did exhibited and which. Maybe 2 or 3 works were not exhibited. Here you will find an impression of the about art-works that were shown by Degas at the 8th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1886. Sometimes the identification of a painting is ‘uncertain’, see. For explanation of the subscriptions, see. See for the used sources at the bottom of the main page about Edgar Degas. I render the pastels in order of the catalogue numbers. Note: If you double click on the first picture and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!
Edgar Degas, 8IE-1886-14, Femme essayant un chapeau chez sa modiste =1882, CR682, SDtr, At the Milliner’s, pastel, 76×86, Metropolitan (iR10;M23;iR59;iR2;R2,p435+443;R90II,p240+258;R26,no586)
Edgar Degas, 8IE-1886-15, Petites modistes (pastel). Now: 1882, CR681, The Little Milliners, pastel, 48×69 , NAMA Kansas City (iR2;iR59;R90II,p240+258;R2,p437+443;R26,no587;R114,no681;M42)
Edgar Degas, 8IE-1886-16, Portrait (pastel). Now: 1885ca, CR831, Portrait of Zacharie Zacharian, pastel, 40×40, private (iR2;iR10;R90II,p240+258;R90I,p442+463;R2,p443;R26,no642)
Edgar Degas, 1885, CR824, Six Friends of the Artist, pastel, 115×71, Providence SDMA (iR2;iR8;R90II,p240;R26,no641;R114,no824;M152) =!? 8IE-1886-17, Ébauche de portraits (pastel), probably not exhibited.
Edgar Degas, 1886, CR868, SDtl, Mademoiselle Salle, pastel, 50×50, xx (iR10;iR13;R90II,p240;R26,no651). =!? 8IE-1886-18, Têtes de femme, probably not exhibited
Edgar Degas: 8IE-1886-19, Suite de nuds de femmes se baignant…appartient à M.E.B =1886, CR872, The tub, pastel, 60×83, Orsay (iR10;iR64;iR6;R90II,p240+258;R90I,p441+452+455+458+465;R2,p443;R26,no920;M1)
Edgar Degas: 1885ca, CR847, Woman Having Her Hair Combed, pastel, 74×60, Metropolitan (iR2;R90II,p240;R2,p443;R26,no918;M23) =!? 8IE-1886-20, Suite de nuds de femmes se faisant peigner, probably not exhibited.
Edgar Degas, 8IE-1886-21, Suite de nuds de femmes se baignant… = 1885, CR816, SDtl, Woman bathing in a shallow tub, pastel, 81×56, Metropolitan (iR10;M23;R90II,p241+259;R90I,p441+455+465;R2,p443;R114,no816;R26,no911)
Edgar Degas, 8IE-1886-22, Suite de nuds de femmes … = 1885, CRsup113, SDbr, Après la bain, femme s’essuyant, (Girl Drying Herself), pastel, 80×51, NGA Washington (iR2;iR59;R2,p452+443;R90II,p241+259;R90I,p436+441+455;M21). Note: the woman is not drying but clothing herself.
Edgar Degas, 8IE-1886-23, Suite de nuds de femmes s’essuyant… =!? 1884, CRsupp82, SDbr, Woman towelling herself after bathing, pastel, 50×50, Hermitage (iR2;iR59;R90II,p241+259;R90I,p441+458;R2,p443;M95)
Edgar Degas, 8IE-1886-24, Suite de nuds de femmes se baignant… =!? 1886ca, CR877, The Morning Bath (La Boulangère), 67×52, Princeton UAM (iR10;Mx;iR2;R2,p454+443;R90II,p241+259;R90I,p428+430+436+441+458+465;R26,no925;R114,no877)
Edgar Degas, 8IE-1886-25, Suite de nuds de femmes … =!? 1884ca, CR765, Woman in bath tube, pastel, 45×65, AGM Glasgow (iR59;R26,no908;R90II,p242+259;R90I,p441+458;R2,p443)
Edgar Degas, 8IE-1886-26, Suite de nuds de femmes se baignant… Compare: 1890-95ca (18xx), CR1076, Femmes au bain, pastel, 57×82, A2015/02/04 (iR10;iR14;R26,no1000-1006cp;R114,no1076;R2,p444;R90I,p441)
Edgar Degas: 1885-88ca, CR849, Female Nude, from the Rear, Fixing Her Hair, pastel, 64×53 (or 71×59), A2017/03/01 (iR2;iR14;R26,no914;R2,p443) =!? 8IE-1886-27, Suite de nuds de femmes se peignant… Probably not exhibited.
Edgar Degas: 1885ca, CR898, Woman combing her hair, pastel, 54×53, Hermitage (iR6;iR14;R47,p96;M95) =? 8IE-1886-28, Suite de nuds de femmes se peignant… Probably not exhibited.
Recommanded citation: “Edgar Degas at the 8th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1886; an impression of his exhibited art-works. Last modified 2023/08/10. https://www.impressionism.nl/degas-1886-expo/“
