Edgar Degas
The Loge
c. 1878
Physical Qualities
Monotype, Mount: 186 x 220 mm. (7 5/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 159 x 186 mm. (6 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Image: 120 x 161 mm. (4 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Collection
Object Number
1989.3
The Baltimore Museum of Art; Margo Pollins Schab; E. V. Thaw & Co., New York; Private Collection, London; Lefevre Gallery, London; Paul Brame; Maurice Exsteens; Gustave Pellet, 1918; Edgar Degas (Paris, Vente Degas [Estampes], 22-23 November 1918, no. 180 [to confirm])
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, "Degas," March - April, 1937.
Copehagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, "Edgar Degas, 1834-1917: skulpturer og monotypier tegninger og malerier" 1948, 4-26 september, 1948 [to confirm].
London, LeFevre Gallery, "Degas Monotypes," April - May 1958
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, "Degas Monotypes: Essay, Catalogue & Checklist," 25 April - 14 June, 1968
London, Hayward Gallery, "Degas Monotypes," 15 May - 7 July 1985
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Degas and the Little Dancer in Context," 4 October 1998 - 3 January 1999.
Susan Dackerman, BMA (only), "Toulouse-Lautrec: Master of the Moulin Rouge," February 15 - May 23, 2004.
The Museum of Modern Art, "Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty," March 26 - July 24, 2016.
Copehagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, "Edgar Degas, 1834-1917: skulpturer og monotypier tegninger og malerier" 1948, 4-26 september, 1948 [to confirm].
London, LeFevre Gallery, "Degas Monotypes," April - May 1958
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, "Degas Monotypes: Essay, Catalogue & Checklist," 25 April - 14 June, 1968
London, Hayward Gallery, "Degas Monotypes," 15 May - 7 July 1985
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Degas and the Little Dancer in Context," 4 October 1998 - 3 January 1999.
Susan Dackerman, BMA (only), "Toulouse-Lautrec: Master of the Moulin Rouge," February 15 - May 23, 2004.
The Museum of Modern Art, "Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty," March 26 - July 24, 2016.
"Degas Monotypes." London: Hayward Gallery, 1985, cat. no. 5 repr.
Adhémar, Jean and Françoise Cachin. "Degas: The Complete Etchings, Lithographs and Monotypes." New York: The Viking Press, 1975, p. 270, no. 17, repr.
Janis, Eugenia Parry. "Degas Monotypes: Essay, Catalogue & Checklist." Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1968, no. 55, repr.
"Degas: Monotypes, Drawings, Pastels, Bronzes." London: London, LeFevre Gallery, 1958, cat. no. 14 repr.
"Edgar Degas, 1834-1917: skulpturer og monotypier tegninger og malerier." Copehagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1948, cat. no. 92 [to confirm].
Rouart, Denis. "E. Degas - Les Monotypes." Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1948, plate 13.
Bouchot-Saupique, Jacqueline and Marie Delaroche-Vernet. "Degas." Paris: Imprimeries L. Daniel, 1937, p. 131, no. 201.
Hauptman, Jodi and Richard Kendall, "Degas: A Strange New Beauty," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2016, pg. 90, ill.
Inscribed: Recto: on mount, at lower right, in graphite: "La Loge"; Verso: none
Markings: None
