Degas Exhibition 2024

Discovering Degas: Collecting in the Time of William Burrell

THESE DOCUMENTS ARE FOR GUIDES ONLY – PLEASE DO NOT PASS ON TO ANYONE ELSE!

Information from the two training sessions by Laura Bauld and Pippa Stephenson:

Degas Training Session Session 1 – Slave trade
Degas Training Session 2 – Antisemitism
Degas Training Session 2 – Collectors

Additional information:

Degas and Antisemitism
Degas and the Slave Trade

Works by Degas in the Burrell Collection
Image and text from GM Collections navigator

Loaned works by Degas in the exhibition
List of works on loan to the exhibition

Exhibition Groupings Degas – Talk by Laura
Complete catalogue of works on display and how they are being grouped in the exhibition – PowerPoint presentation from Laura Bauld

Information Template – Burrell Collection Object (docx format)
If you can gather information on one of the works on loan in the exhibition, please record your findings on the template and return it to John. This will help build a resource for guides and possibly the exhibition labels as well.