DEGAS, Edgar
(b. 1834, Paris, d. 1917, Paris)

Woman Drying Her Foot

1885-86
Pastel on buff wove paper, affixed to original pulpboard mount, 50 x 54 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

In this pastel Degas explored the expressive potential of a bather doubled-up, snail-like, drying her foot.




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