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After the Bath: Woman Drying Herself

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

After the Bath: Woman Drying Herself

Edgar Degas

Date
c. 1900
Medium
charcoal and pastel on tracing paper
Dimensions
sheet: 78.11 × 37.15 cm (30 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2019.45.21
Credit line
Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • figure
  • Female nude
Provenance

Artist's estate (second sale, Paris, Georges Petit, May 6-8, 1919, lot 320) (Lugt 658). (Christie's, London, 29 November 1988, no. 323). (Galerie Schmidt , Paris); William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, Dallas, TX, 27 September 1999; bequest to NGA, 2019.

Marks

Degas estate stamp (Lugt 658) lower left in red

NGA object ID 219319. 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.