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The image shows a person standing with their back to the viewer. The individual is bending over slightly, with their arms across their body. Their head is lowered, and their long, dark hair partially covers their face. The person appears nude in an undefined interior space. The background is textured, dark, and shadowy, with lighter tones hinting at obscured forms or objects. There are no visible accessories or objects, and the image is in monochrome.
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The image shows a person standing with their back to the viewer. The individual is bending over slightly, with their arms across their body. Their head is lowered, and their long, dark hair partially covers their face. The person appears nude in an undefined interior space. The background is textured, dark, and shadowy, with lighter tones hinting at obscured forms or objects. There are no visible accessories or objects, and the image is in monochrome.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Après le Bain II (After the Bath II)

Edgar Degas

Date
1891-1892
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 19.05 × 14.92 cm (7 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 30.32 × 21.91 cm (11 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2018.162.1
Credit line
Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • lithograph
  • nude
  • figure
Provenance

Estate of the artist (Lugt 657); (his sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, 22-23 November, 1918, one of lots 149-152). Richard Zinzer, Forest Hills, NY (Lugt 5581); by descent; (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in graphite by unknown hand: Le Lever (1ͤ planche)1ͤ ͬ Etat

Marks

lower right stamped in red: ATELIER / ED. DEGAS (Lugt 657); verso stamped in black ink: [mark of Richard H Zinser (Lugt 5581)]

NGA object ID 208473. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.