Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Degas at the Opera
National Gallery of Art
23 documented works
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.)
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Degas, Edgar
Ballet Scene
c. 1907
pastel on greenish transparent tracing paper
overall: 76.8 x 111.2 cm (30 1/4 x 43 3/4 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
Before the Ballet
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.)
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Degas, Edgar
Dancer Seen from Behind and Three Studies of Feet
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.)
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Degas, Edgar
Dancers at the Old Opera House
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.)
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Degas, Edgar
Dancers Backstage
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.)
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Degas, Edgar
Dancers in the Wings
1879/1880
etching, aquatint, and drypoint on chine-like laid paper
plate: 14 × 10.4 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in.) sheet: 19.8 × 16.7 cm (7 13/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
Dancers in the Wings
1879/1880
etching, aquatint, and drypoint on wove paper
plate: 13.9 × 10.3 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/16 in.) sheet: 30.5 × 21.8 cm (12 × 8 9/16 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
Four Dancers
c. 1899
oil on canvas
overall: 151.1 x 180.2 cm (59 1/2 x 70 15/16 in.) framed: 176.9 x 207.7 cm (69 5/8 x 81 3/4 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
1878-1881
pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, human hair, silk and linen ribbon, cotton faille bodice, cotton and silk tutu, linen slippers, on wooden base
overall without base: 98.9 x 34.7 x 35.2 cm (38 15/16 x 13 11/16 x 13 7/8 in) weight: 49 lb. (22.226 kg)
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Degas, Edgar
Madame Camus
1869/1870
oil on canvas
overall: 72.7 x 92.1 cm (28 5/8 x 36 1/4 in.) framed: 97.1 x 117.1 cm (38 1/4 x 46 1/8 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
Mademoiselle Malot
c. 1877
oil on canvas
overall: 81.1 x 65.1 cm (31 15/16 x 25 5/8 in.) framed: 106 x 90.8 cm (41 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
On Stage I
1876
soft-ground etching and drypoint on wove paper
plate: 12 × 16.2 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/8 in.) sheet: 16 x 24.5 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
Spanish Dancers and Musicians
1868/1869
watercolor and pen and black ink on wove paper
overall (arched): 51.4 x 26 cm (20 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
The Ballet
c. 1880
pastel on light tan paper mounted on board
framed: 20 x 17 in. (50.8 x 43.2 cm) sheet: 12 3/4 x 10 in. (32.4 x 25.4 cm)
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Degas, Edgar
The Ballet Master
c. 1876
monotype (black ink) heightened and corrected with white chalk or wash on laid paper
plate: 56.5 x 70 cm (22 1/4 x 27 9/16 in.) sheet: 62 x 85 cm (24 7/16 x 33 7/16 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
The Curtain
c. 1880
pastel over charcoal and monotype on laid paper mounted on board
sheet: 29 x 33.3 cm (11 7/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
The Dance Class
c. 1873
oil on canvas
overall: 47.63 × 62.23 cm (18 3/4 × 24 1/2 in.) framed: 72.39 × 87.63 × 9.53 cm (28 1/2 × 34 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
The Dance Lesson
c. 1879
oil on canvas
overall: 38 x 88 cm (14 15/16 x 34 5/8 in.) framed: 59.7 x 108.3 x 5.1 cm (23 1/2 x 42 5/8 x 2 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
The Green Room
c. 1876/1877
monotype (black ink) on laid paper mounted by the artist on heavy white wove paper
plate: 16.03 × 11.75 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 17.78 × 13.4 cm (7 × 5 1/4 in.) mount: 28.7 × 22.4 cm (11 5/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing
c. 1880
charcoal on tan laid paper
overall: 32 x 48 cm (12 5/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
Three Studies of Ludovic Halévy Standing
c. 1880
charcoal counterproof on buff wove paper
overall: 35.9 x 48.9 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.)
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Degas, Edgar
Virginie Being Admired While the Marquis Cavalcanti Looks On
c. 1876/1877
monotype (black ink) touched with pastel on wove paper
plate: 16 x 11.9 cm (6 5/16 x 4 11/16 in.) sheet: 20.5 x 14.9 cm (8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
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