Artist Monograph

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French

French, 1834–1917

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	4	33.3%
Lithography	3	25%
Other Media	3	25%
Photography	2	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	10	83.3%
Photography	2	16.7%

Production by Decade

5

1870s

2

1880s

5

1890s

Classification Types

Print — 5
Illustrated Book — 4
Photograph — 2
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	25%
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	75%

Range: 20.6 cm → 70.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1940	3
1957	1
1964	4
1989	2
1996	2

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Degas danse dessin Illustrated Book Acc. 775.1964	c. 1870–80, published 1936	Illustrated book with with twenty-six etching and aquatints, twenty-five collotypes, and two wood engravings	irreg. page 12 13/16 x 10" (32 x 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Singer at a Café Concert (Chanteuse de Café Concert) Print Acc. 277.1940	1875	Lithograph	composition: 10 1/16 x 7 9/16" (25.6 x 19.2 cm); sheet: 13 11/16 x 10 11/16" (34.8 x 27.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
La maison tellier Illustrated Book Acc. 773.1964	1876–85, published 1934	Illustrated book with nineteen etching and aquatints after monotypes; seventeen wood engravings after drawings and line block table of plates after sketches	Page (irreg.): 12 5/8 x 9 15/16" (32 x 25.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Mimes des courtisans Illustrated Book Acc. 774.1964	1876–85, published 1935	Illustrated book with twenty-two etching and aquatints and sixteen collotypes	page 12 13/16 x 9 15/16" (32 x 25.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Mademoiselle Bécat at the Ambassadeurs (Mademoiselle Bécat aux Ambassadeurs) Print Acc. 276.1940	c. 1877	Lithograph on paper	Composition: 8 1/8 x 7 5/8" (20.6 x 19.3 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/4" (34.3 x 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
La famille cardinal Illustrated Book Acc. 776.1964	1880, published 1939	Illustrated book with thirty-four etching and aquatints	irreg. page 12 13/16 x 9 13/16" (32 x 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
At the Milliner's (Chez la modiste) Drawing Acc. 141.1957	c. 1882	Pastel on paper on board	27 5/8 x 27 3/4" (70.2 x 70.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. David M. Levy
Forest in the Mountains (Forêt dans la montagne) Print Acc. 20.1996	c. 1890	Monotype on paper	plate: 11 13/16 x 15 3/4" (30 x 40 cm); sheet: 12 3/8 x 16 5/16" (31.4 x 41.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Louise Reinhardt Smith Bequest
Green Landscape (Paysage vert) Print Acc. 19.1996	c. 1890	Monotype on paper	plate: 11 3/4 x 15 5/8" (29.9 x 39.7 cm); sheet: 12 3/8 x 15 7/8" (31.4 x 40.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Louise Reinhardt Smith Bequest
After the Bath III (La Sortie du Bain III) Print Acc. 279.1940	1891-92	Lithograph	composition: 9 5/8 x 9 1/16" (24.5 x 23cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Stéphane Mallarmé Photograph Acc. 207.1989	December 1895	Gelatin silver print	15 3/8 × 11 3/16" (39.1 × 28.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Paul F. Walter
Untitled Photograph Acc. 208.1989	1895-96	Gelatin silver print	11 7/16 × 15 11/16" (29.1 × 39.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Paul F. Walter