Contains nudity
Figure Studies
After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself
Edgar Degas
An intimate and luminous late-career pastel by Edgar Degas, capturing a private moment with masterful draftsmanship.
Woman Drying Her Foot
Edgar Degas
1885 · Paper, Pastel
An intimate and masterfully textured pastel figure study by the renowned Impressionist Edgar Degas.
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Where it works
A calm artwork with moderate presence with softened warm notes — asks little of the space around it.
- Often works in
- Living Room · Bedroom · Bathroom
- Placement
- Works well as a measured horizontal anchor
- Walls
- Benefits from a distinct wall tone
- Color notes
- Soft gray
About the piece
Executed around 1885, this pastel on paper illustrates Edgar Degas's career-long fascination with the private moments of modern life. The work is characterized by its bold, hatched strokes of color and its sophisticated treatment of light and human form, transforming a mundane domestic ritual into a vibrant work of art.
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