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The private collection of Edgar Degas

a summary catalogue

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The art collection assembled by Edgar Degas was remarkable not only for its quality, size, and depth but also for its revelation of Degas's artistic affinities. He acquired great numbers of works by the nineteenth-century French masters Ingres, Delacroix, and Daumier; he bought (or bartered his own pictures for) art by many of his contemporaries, particularly Manet, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Cassatt; and he acquired works by a wide range of other artists, from eminent to little known.

The extent of Degas's holdings was not recognized until after his death, when the collection came up for auction in Paris in 1918 and, in what was called the sale of the century, was widely dispersed.

Extensive research has made it possible to "reassemble" that collection in book form. This summary catalogue contains information on the more than five thousand works owned by Degas.

For each work catalogued the entry includes, to the extent possible: a description with medium and dimensions; provenance information about Degas's acquisition and ownership of the work; information pertaining to the sale of the work in 1918 (or its disposal earlier), including the purchaser, purchase price, and other data; the current location; selected references; and an illustration. In a concordance, collection sale lot numbers are listed with their corresponding summary catalogue numbers.

This catalogue and its companion volume of essays are published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Private Collection of Edgar Degas," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 1, 1997, to January 11, 1998.

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Private Collection of Edgar Degas: A Summary Catalogue
1998, Abrams, Inc.
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The Private Collection of Edgar Degas: A Summary Catalogue
June 1997, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cover of: The private collection of Edgar Degas
The private collection of Edgar Degas: a summary catalogue
1997, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brand: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bulfinch Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141).
Companion volume to the anthology entitled: The private collection of Edgar Degas. 1997.

Published in
New York
Genre
Exhibitions.
Other Titles
Edgar Degas

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
760/.0944/0747471
Library of Congress
N6847 .P76 1997, N6847.P76 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 142 p. :
Number of pages
142

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL684965M
ISBN 10
0870998374, 0870998382
LCCN
97031808
OCLC/WorldCat
607121735, 37663150
Library Thing
8325401
Goodreads
3099097

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