Edgar Degas: career timeline

French · 1834–1917 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 64 of 129 lots (50% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Edgar Degas: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1850s	9	5	$11.9kSign up	Etching
1860s	7	5	$112kSign up	Etching
1870s	26	12	$47.6kSign up	Drypoint
1880s	8	5	$125kSign up	Drawing
1890s	12	5	$71.8kSign up	Lithograph
1900s	2	0	—	Pastel

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1850s 9 works

Sold: 5 of 9
Median: $11.9kSign up
Average: $14.5kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 4.5 in (17 × 12 cm)
Mediums: Etching (7), Drawing (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1856 Galatea$12.7kSign up
1856 La Rade - Paysage de Grèce$11.9kSign up
1856 Le sportsman montant à cheval$8.2kSign up
1856 Le sportsman montant à chevalUnsold
1857 Giulia Bellelli al pianoResult not published
1857 Dante et VirgileUnsold
1857 Le graveur Joseph Tourny$37.4kSign up
1857 Edgar Degas, par lui-même - SelfportraitUnsold
1857 Autoportrait$2.1kSign up

1860s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $112kSign up
Average: $101kSign up
Typical size: 5.5 × 4 in (14 × 10 cm)
Mediums: Etching (4), Other (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1860 Marguerite De Gas, sœur de l'artisteUnsold
c. 1860 Mlle Nathalie Wolkonska, deuxième plancheUnsold
1861 2 Bll.: Edouart Manet en buste. Danseuses dans la coulisse$671Sign up
c. 1864 Manet en buste$38.6kSign up
c. 1864 Manet assis, tourné à gauche - Manet seated, turned to the left$220kSign up
1866 Cavalier$136kSign up
1869 Étude de ciel (Rivage et ciel)$112kSign up

1870s 26 works

Sold: 12 of 26
Median: $47.6kSign up
Average: $65kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 4.5 in (16 × 12 cm)
Mediums: Drypoint (8), Etching (7), Print (other) (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Markets & villages (1)

c. 1872 Femme à la coiffe blanche$146kSign up
c. 1875 Danseuse s’inclinantUnsold
c. 1876 Sur la Scène III$35kSign up
c. 1876 Mary Cassatt au Louvre: Musée des Antiques - Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan GalleryUnsold
c. 1876 Sur la scène IIIUnsold
c. 1876 Dans la Rue - On the Street in the Rain$60.4kSign up
c. 1877 Chanteuse de Café-Concert - Diseuse$81.5kSign up
c. 1877 Une chanteuseUnsold
1877 Sur la scène III - On Stage III$14.4kSign up
c. 1877 Une chanteuseUnsold
c. 1877 Profil de chanteuseUnsold
c. 1877 Les deux Danseuses - Two Dancers in a Rehearsal Room$60.1kSign up

Show 12 more (1870s)

1877 2 Bll.: Aux Ambassadeurs. Les Blanchisseuses$1.7kSign up
c. 1878 Danseuse assise$204kSign up
c. 1878 Danseuse vue de profil$116kSign up
c. 1879 Femme a la MantilleResult not published
c. 1879 Femme nue s’essuyant la figureUnsold
c. 1879 Danseuses dans la coulisse$35kSign up
c. 1879 Deux danseuses dans la coulisse$23.8kSign up
c. 1879 Les blanchisseuses - The Laundresses$2.1kSign up
c. 1879 Le petit cabinet de toiletteUnsold
c. 1879 DanseusesUnsold
c. 1879 Les amoureuxUnsold
c. 1879 Danseuses dans la coulisseUnsold

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

1880s 8 works

Sold: 5 of 8
Median: $125kSign up
Average: $136kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 12.5 in (44 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Sculpture (2), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1880 La sortie du bain$23.4kSign up
1880 Trois danseuses$279kSign up
c. 1880 La sortie du bainUnsold
1880 Femme S’Essuyant Le Pied 1880Unsold
c. 1882 La toilette après le bain$125kSign up
1882 Nach - Große Arabeske$3kSign up
c. 1883 La chanteuse de café-concert - Thérésa$251kSign up
c. 1886 Le TubUnsold

1890s 12 works

Sold: 5 of 12
Median: $71.8kSign up
Average: $563kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 10 in (32 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4), Sculpture (2), Pastel (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

c. 1890 Danseuse au tambourinUnsold
1891 Deux danseusesUnsold
c. 1891 La sortie du bain, petite plancheUnsold
c. 1891 La sortie du bain, petite plancheUnsold
c. 1891 Femme nue debout, à sa toilette$32.8kSign up
c. 1891 Les trois danseuses nues mettant leurs chaussons - Three Nude Dancers at RestUnsold
c. 1891 Femme nue debout à sa toilette$71.8kSign up
c. 1891 Femme nue debout, à sa toilette (Nude Woman Standing, Drying Herself)Unsold
1892 Le Vésuve - Souvenir de Naples$227kSign up
1892 Danseuse mettant son Chausson$1.4kSign up
1894 Le petit déjeuner après le bain$2.5MSign up
c. 1896 Danseuse faisant la révérenceUnsold

1900s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 23 × 16 in (58 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1900 Danseuse rajustant sa coiffureUnsold
1904 Portrait de Monsieur et Madame Louis ROUARTUnsold

Creation date not recorded

65 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 10 works

Sold: 8 of 10
Median: $36.4kSign up
Average: $39.6kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 12.5 in (28 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (8), Pastel (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2004 Cheval ruant$38kSign up
sold 2004 Cheval$26.9kSign up
sold 2004 Cheval galopant$50.6kSign up
sold 2004 Cheval faisant un écart (Cheval de dos se cabrant)$34.8kSign up
sold 2004 Étude de Main$26.9kSign up
sold 2004 Cheval monté par une amazone$47.2kSign up

Show 4 more (2000s)

sold 2006 (French 1834-1917)Unsold
sold 2007 Danseuse sur les pointes$92kSign up
sold 2007 Deux études de femmesUnsold
sold 2008 La Sortie du Bain$81Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works

Sold: 9 of 13
Median: $600Sign up
Average: $4.7kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 7 in (24 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Etching (5), Sculpture (4), Print (other) (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2010 Tanečnica$1.2kSign up
sold 2010 Baletka$2.6kSign up
sold 2011 Baletka$461Sign up
sold 2015 - ''Mille. Nathalie Walkonska'' (Delteil 71)-Result not published
sold 2015 - ''Edgar Degas, Par Lui-Meme'' (Delteil 1)-Result not published
sold 2015 Danseuse Agrafant L’Epaulette De Son CorsageUnsold

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2016 Self Portrait$225Sign up
sold 2017 La danseuse$902Sign up
sold 2017 Danse Dessin$225Sign up
sold 2017 Danseuse Mettant Son Chausson$600Sign up
sold 2018 Ballerina$25Sign up
sold 2018 Ludovic Halévy Meeting Mme Cardinal Backstage$36.5kSign up

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 42 works

Sold: 37 of 42
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $33.3kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 8 in (32 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (16), Etching (9), Other (9)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)

sold 2020 Untitled From the Danse Dessin$420Sign up
sold 2020 Danseuse mettant son chausson$1.3kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled$11kSign up
sold 2020 Balerină în repaos (mâinile pe șolduri, piciorul drept înainte)$3.2kSign up
sold 2020 Balerină (privind spre talpa piciorului său drept)$2.6kSign up
sold 2020 Femme nue debout, à sa toilette - Nude Woman Standing Drying Herself$39.5kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2020 Au Louvre: Musée des Antiques - Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan Gallery$439kSign up
sold 2020 Manet assis, tourné à gauche$143kSign up
sold 2020 Paysage à Louveciennes entre Paris et Versailles - Paysage aux maisons$79.1kSign up
sold 2020 Amazone montée sur un cheval se dirigeant à gauche$43.9kSign up
sold 2020 Două balerine$1.9kSign up
sold 2020 Ora de balet$3.7kSign up

…and 30 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Edgar Degas auction results →