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A nude woman facing away from us, leaning to her side and drying herself with a towel

At center, a nude woman stands with her back to the viewer drying herself with a towel she holds in her left hand. She holds her right hand bent in front of her, out of view. She bends at the waist forward and to her left, looking downward, as her long dark hair hangs down in front of her. In the foreground stands a small cushioned bench with various articles of clothing draped on it. The background is indicated by a pattern of dark textured marks beyond the woman.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M14294
People
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French (Paris, France 1834 - 1917 Paris, France)
Title
Nude Woman Standing, Drying Herself
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Femme nue débout, à sa toilette
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1891-1892
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/269749

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 42.5 x 30.5 cm (16 3/4 x 12 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv or vi/vi
Standard Reference Number
Del. 65, R.-S. 61

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
M14294
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sue Welsh Reed and Barbara S. Shapiro, Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Arts Council of Great Britain, London (Boston), pp. 220-225, cat. 6 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]
  • Eliza E. Rathbone, Degas's Dancers at the Barre: Point and Counterpoint, exh. cat., The Phillips Collection (Washington, DC, 2011), cat. 18, pp. 43, 50 (n. 25), 131, repr. p. 45

Exhibition History

  • The Private Degas, The Whitworth Art Gallery, 01/17/1987 - 02/28/1987; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 03/14/1987 - 05/03/1987
  • Degas's Dancers at the Barre: Point and Counterpoint, The Phillips Collection, Washington, 10/01/2011 - 01/08/2012

Verification Level

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