Museum Exhibition

Degas at the Opera

National Gallery of Art

Exhibition artworks

Representative work

Degas, Edgar

Ballet Dancers

c. 1877

pastel and gouache over monotype

Overall: 29.7 x 26.9 cm (11 11/16 x 10 9/16 in.) framed: 46.6 x 43.5 x 6.3 cm (18 3/8 x 17 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Featured works

Degas, Edgar

c. 1907

pastel on greenish transparent tracing paper

overall: 76.8 x 111.2 cm (30 1/4 x 43 3/4 in.)

Degas, Edgar

1890/1892

oil on canvas

overall: 40 x 88.9 cm (15 3/4 x 35 in.) framed: 59.7 x 109.8 x 8.2 cm (23 1/2 x 43 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

Degas, Edgar

c. 1878

black chalk and pastel on blue-gray laid paper

overall: 45.6 x 59.8 cm (17 15/16 x 23 9/16 in.)

Degas, Edgar

c. 1877

pastel over monotype on laid paper

overall: 21.8 x 17.1 cm (8 9/16 x 6 3/4 in.) framed: 35.5 x 31.1 x 3.8 cm (14 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Degas, Edgar

1876/1883

oil on canvas

overall: 24.2 x 18.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.) framed: 43.5 × 38.1 × 9.53 cm (17 1/8 × 15 × 3 3/4 in.)

23 documented works in this exhibition