Edgar Degas
French · 1834–1917 · Painter, Printmaker
Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Le petit déjeuner après le bainPhillips · $2,480,000≈ £2,017,244≈ €2,312,570Sign up to see
Au Louvre: Musée des Antiques - Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Etruscan GalleryKornfeld · CHF 400,000≈ $439,240≈ £338,972≈ €371,199Sign up to see
Trois danseusesPhillips · $279,400≈ £224,148≈ €257,085Sign up to see
Edgar Degas’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
27 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
8 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 2 | 2 | 100% | $78.4kSign up | $78.4kSign up | $146kSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 2 | 100% | $78.4kSign up | $78.4kSign up | $146kSign up |
| Works on paper | 25 | 17 | 68% | $250kSign up | $112kSign up | $2.5MSign up |
| Gouache | 2 | 1 | 50% | $116kSign up | $116kSign up | $116kSign up |
| Pastel | 7 | 4 | 57% | $741kSign up | $196kSign up | $2.5MSign up |
| Drawing | 15 | 12 | 80% | $96.9kSign up | $48.9kSign up | $251kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 69 | 49 | 71% | $14.3kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $227kSign up |
| Etching | 32 | 22 | 69% | $7.9kSign up | $1.4kSign up | $38.6kSign up |
| Engraving | 1 | 1 | 100% | $225Sign up | $225Sign up | $225Sign up |
| Aquatint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $181Sign up | $181Sign up | $181Sign up |
| Drypoint | 9 | 3 | 33% | $24.4kSign up | $23.8kSign up | $35kSign up |
| Lithograph | 20 | 17 | 85% | $2.9kSign up | $728Sign up | $32.8kSign up |
| Print (other) | 6 | 5 | 83% | $81kSign up | $60.4kSign up | $227kSign up |
| Sculpture | 12 | 6 | 50% | $2.2kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $3.2kSign up |
| Other | 15 | 12 | 80% | $111kSign up | $70.9kSign up | $439kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 3 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2025 | 13 | 12 | $29.4kSign up |
| 2024 | 24 | 10 | $28.1kSign up |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | $112kSign up |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | $930Sign up |
| 2021 | 26 | 14 | $957Sign up |
| 2020 | 15 | 13 | $11kSign up |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | $60.1kSign up |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | $751Sign up |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | $225Sign up |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $461Sign up |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | $890Sign up |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | $47.5kSign up |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | $34.8kSign up |