Skip to main content

Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

French, 1834-1917

Edgar Degas, born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas in Paris in 1834, was the oldest of five children of Célestine Musson De Gas, a Creole from New Orleans, and Augustin De Gas, a banker. Degas began his schooling at age eleven, enrolling in the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, but after his mother died when he was thirteen, his father and grandfather became the main influences on him for the remainder of his youth.

Upon graduating the Lycée in 1853, at age 18, he registered as a copyist in the Louvre Museum, but his father expected him to go to law school. Degas duly enrolled at the faculty of law of the University of Paris, in November 1853, but applied little effort to his studies. In 1855, Degas met Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, whose advice he never forgot: “Draw lines, young man, and still more lines, both from life and from memory, and you will become a good artist.” In April of that year, Degas was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts.

Evidence of Degas’ classical education can be seen in his early painting, Young Spartans Exercising (ca. 1860; National Gallery, London), done while he was still in his twenties. After 1865, when the Salon accepted his history painting The Misfortunes of the City of Orléans (Musée d'Orsay, Paris), Degas did not paint Academic subjects again, focusing his attention on scenes of modern life. He began to paint scenes of such urban leisure activities as horse racing and, after about 1870, of café-concert singers and ballet dancers. Degas' interest in ballet dancers intensified in the 1870s, and eventually he produced approximately 1,500 works on the subject. These are not traditional portraits, but studies that address the movement of the human body, exploring the physicality and discipline of the dancers through the use of contorted postures and unexpected vantage points.

Following the opening of trade with Japan in 1854, many French artists, including Degas, were increasingly influenced by Japanese prints. Degas abstracted from these prints their inventive compositions and points of view, particularly in his use of cropping and asymmetry [Dancers Practicing at the Bar (1877); Dancers, Pink and Green (ca. 1890)]. He also observed how sixteenth-century Italian Mannerists similarly framed their subjects, sometimes cutting off part of a figure.

Degas had an interest in a wide range of media, including engraving, monotype, and photography. Before 1880, he generally used oils for his completed works, but after 1875, he began using pastels more frequently, even in finished works such as Portraits at the Stock Exchange (1876). He submitted a suite of nudes, all rendered in pastel, to the final Impressionist exhibition in 1886; among these was Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub (1885). The figures in these pastels were criticized for their ungainly poses.

By the late 1880s, Degas’s eyesight had begun to fail, perhaps as a result of an injury suffered during his service in defending Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. After that time he focused almost exclusively on dancers and nudes, increasingly turning to sculpture. Degas continued working as late as 1912, when he was forced to leave the studio in Montmartre in which he had labored for more than twenty years. He died five years later in 1917, at the age of eighty-three.

Find original Edgar Degas drawings, prints, paintings and other art on 1stDibs.

(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)

to
1
1
1
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
1
1
1
1
8
978
775
642
618
1
1
Artist: Edgar Degas
Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms
By Edgar Degas
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms etching & aquatint, 1879-1880 Unsigned as usual for all canceled plate impressions Reference: Delteil 28, Shapiro 50 vi/vi with the cancelation line...
Category

1870s Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Aquatint

Related Items
ICE CREAM DESSERTS
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand initialed and numbered by the artist. Etching and aquatint in colors, on handmade paper. Image size: 13.5 X 21.25 in. Sheet size: 22.5 x 31.25 in. Framed. Edition of 50. Artwor...
Category

1970s Pop Art Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint

ICE CREAM DESSERTS
ICE CREAM DESSERTS
H 22.5 in W 31.25 in D 1 in
Scene Galante au XVIII eme Siecle #2
By Antoine Calbet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Scene Galante au XVIII eme Siecle" c.1930 in an aquatint on paper by French artist Antoine Calbet, 1860-1944. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner. The plate mark (image) size is 9.60 x 12.25 inches, framed size is 16.5 x 19.5 inches. Framed in a wooden gold and black frame, with fabric matting. The artwork is in very good condition, frame and matting are in good condition, frame have some minor dents, matting have a small point of discoloration at upper left. About the artist. Antoine Calbet is the son of Marie Singlande and Jean-Baptiste Calbet, landowner at a place called Gaubert. Trained at the School of Fine Arts in Montpellier by Édouard - Antoine Marsal (1845-1929) where he learned drawing, this illustrator and illustrator, a painter of nudes and gallant scenes, was very popular during his lifetime. Antoine Calbet is then admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Paris in the studio of Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). He was a member of the admission jury of the Beaux-Arts from 1913 to 1930. He began to exhibit in 1880 and became a member of the Society of French Artists . He was the friend of his compatriot of Lot-et-Garonne, the President of the Republic Armand Fallières , for which he drew the menus of his meals, which made him known in Parisian salons.He illustrated works by Jean Lorrain , Henri de Regnier , Pierre Loues 3 and for periodicals like L'Illustration . Selected museums and collections Dallas , Dallas Museum of Art : Back woman...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Aquatint

The Sun - Etching and Aquatint by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
The Sun is an etching and aquatint realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981) in the 1970s. From the serie "The Tarots" Dry stamp by Il Cigno Stamperia d’Arte. Hand...
Category

1970s Contemporary Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

"Dark Box" Drypoint Etching with Aquatint (no. 10/20)
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely balanced etching by Benjamin Vasserman (Estonian, b 1949). A squash sits atop a small black box with a latch. There is a drapery behind the squa...
Category

1980s Modern Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Ink, Aquatint, Drypoint, Paper

Scene Galante au XVIII eme Siecle #1
By Antoine Calbet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Scene Galante au XVIII eme Siecle" c.1930 in an aquatint on paper by French artist Antoine Calbet, 1860-1944. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner. The plate mark (image) size is 9.60 x 12.25 inches, framed size is 16.5 x 19.5 inches. Framed in a wooden gold and black frame, with fabric matting. The artwork is in very good condition, frame and matting are in good condition, frame have some minor dents, matting have a small point of discoloration at upper left. About the artist. Antoine Calbet is the son of Marie Singlande and Jean-Baptiste Calbet, landowner at a place called Gaubert. Trained at the School of Fine Arts in Montpellier by Édouard - Antoine Marsal (1845-1929) where he learned drawing, this illustrator and illustrator, a painter of nudes and gallant scenes, was very popular during his lifetime. Antoine Calbet is then admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Paris in the studio of Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). He was a member of the admission jury of the Beaux-Arts from 1913 to 1930. He began to exhibit in 1880 and became a member of the Society of French Artists . He was the friend of his compatriot of Lot-et-Garonne, the President of the Republic Armand Fallières , for which he drew the menus of his meals, which made him known in Parisian salons.He illustrated works by Jean Lorrain , Henri de Regnier , Pierre Loues 3 and for periodicals like L'Illustration . Selected museums and collections Dallas , Dallas Museum of Art : Back woman...
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Aquatint

Bow Street Office: Rowlandson Hand-colored Engraving from Microcosm of London
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in Alamo, CA
An early 19th century print entitled "Bow Street Office", an illustration (Plate 11) from "The Microcosm of London", published in London in 1808 by R. Acker...
Category

Early 1800s Other Art Style Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

'Evening Encounter', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, Atelier 63 Woman Artist
By Jane Voitle Mellin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1975 and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Voitle Mellin (American, born 1952). Paper dimensions: 13.25 x 19.75 inches A atmospheric, sugar-...
Category

1970s Surrealist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Rue du Printemps (Shadows in house on Spring Street in Brussels)
By Anne Dykmans
Located in New Orleans, LA
Light pours through a sparsely furnished room in a space on Spring Street in Brussels creating stark shadows as it streaks through the bushes, blinds and the outline of a modern chai...
Category

1990s Contemporary Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Mezzotint, Aquatint

After All by Yuji Hiratsuka
By Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Japanese still life of flowers and vase. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate more closely to contemporary life and western sensibilities. Young women and their relationships to shoes, food, and fashion provide much of Hiratsuka’s subject matter. Another group of his prints focus on landscape, flowers, and floral patterns. Hiratsuka’s graphic work has been exhibited in the Americas, Europe and Asia. He has received numerous awards in international competitions. During the last four years he has had 14 solo shows in the United States, and international solo shows in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Munich, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland. Partial list of public collections: The British Museum, UK Tokyo Central Museum, Japan Panstwowe Museum, Poland The House of Humor and Satire, Bulgaria Cincinnati Art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

'Surreal Boudoir', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, Atelier 63 Woman Artist
By Jane Voitle Mellin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1975 and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Voitle Mellin (American, born 1952). Paper dimensions: 17.25 x 12 inches An atmospheric, sugar-lift aquatint showing a young woman seated at a claw foot table...
Category

1970s Surrealist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

Lady Berry Bomb & Madame Bit Nutty, by Yuji Hiratsuka
By Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Japanese women with ice cream cones. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense o...
Category

2010s Contemporary Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"City Market" Juarez, Mexico El Paso Texas Artist extrememly detailed etching
By Lewis Teel Jr.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lewis Teel Jr. 1913-1995 El Paso Artist Image Size: 9 x 7 Frame Size: 16 x 14 Medium: Etching Circa 1930s "City Market" Juarez, Mexico Biography Lewis Teel Jr. 1913-1995 Lewis Woods...
Category

1930s Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Previously Available Items
Danseur Debout
By Edgar Degas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Like this dancer, Degas‘s pictures of the ballet hover precariously between the magic of the footlights and the realities of life backstage. We watch this performance in close-up, ei...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Danseur Debout
H 13.5 in W 10 in D 5 in
Danseur Tournant on Blue
By Edgar Degas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Like this dancer, Degas‘s pictures of the ballet hover precariously between the magic of the footlights and the realities of life backstage. We watch this performance in close-up, ei...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery
By Edgar Degas
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original etching, soft-ground, aquatint, and drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper. A superb impression of Delteil, Adhémar and Reed & Shapiro’s definitive state, printed afte...
Category

1870s Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

ABS, Etching

Mary Cassatt at the Louvre - Original etching (Delteil #29)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, FR
Edgar Degas Mary Cassatt at the Louvre Original etching, softground, aquatint and drypoint Probably an impression from the cancelled plate edited by Ambroise Vollard c. 1880 Unsign...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

1997 Edgar Degas 'Naked Woman Lying on Her Stomach' Impressionism Neutral, Gray F
By Edgar Degas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 28 x 39.5 inches ( 71.12 x 100.33 cm ) Image Size: 36.5 x 22.75 inches ( 92.71 x 57.785 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or ag...
Category

1990s Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Danseur Tournant
By Edgar Degas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
French painter and sculptor, Degas (1834-1917) is known to be one of the most important representatives of Impressionism. His innovative compositions and particular analysis of movem...
Category

1930s Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Danseuse a la barre
By Edgar Degas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
French painter and sculptor, Degas (1834-1917) is known to be one of the most important representatives of Impressionism. His innovative compositions and particular analysis of mov...
Category

1930s Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Danseuse Mettant son Chaussonm, Impressionist Etching
By Edgar Degas
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Edgar Degas Title: Danseuse Mettant son Chausson Medium: Original Etching from Cancelled Plate Edition: Out of 150, Second and Final State Publisher: Vollard, Paris Dimensi...
Category

1880s Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Les Blanchisseuses (Le Repassage)-The Laundresses
By Edgar Degas
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Blanchisseuses (Le Repassage)-The Laundresses" is an original etching by Impressionist artist Edgar Degas. This piece was a restrike in the fifth an...
Category

1880s Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

after Edgar Degas - Dance - Porfolio of 26 Etchings
By Edgar Degas
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Rare portfolio with a great text by Paul Valery with 26 exquisite etchings after the best drawings of ballerinas by Degas. The etchings were engraved, printed and colored with such a care that they look like the charcoal drawings. Artist: (After) Edgar Degas - 23 woodcuts (1 hors-text) and 26 hors-text etchings with aquatint (17 of them are plate signed). Also includes a 2 pages table of the illustrations. in-4 in leafs under soft cover. - Printer : Aubert / Jourde for the woodcuts & Maurice Potin for the etchings. - Edition: 305 copies. - Paper : Rives vellum. - Dimensions : 14 x 10". - Condition : Excellent. Degas was born in Paris, France, the eldest of five children of Célestine Musson De Gas...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Mlle Nathalie Wolkonska
By Edgar Degas
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Reference: Delteil 7, Adhemar 14, Shapiro 11, only state Note: Edgar Degas printed only 2 known impressions of this etching before cancelling the plate,...
Category

19th Century Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

La Sortie Du Bain
By Edgar Degas
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original signed in the plate gravure on marais paper by French artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) titled "La Sortie Du Bain", 1948. Highly collectible limited...
Category

1940s Impressionist Edgar Degas Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Edgar Degas prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Edgar Degas prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Edgar Degas in aquatint, etching, monotype and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 19th century and is mostly associated with the Impressionist style. Not every interior allows for large Edgar Degas prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 9 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Paul Cézanne, Jim Smyth, and Ancel Nunn. Edgar Degas prints and multiples prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $450 and tops out at $139,060, while the average work can sell for $1,400.

Recently Viewed

View All