La Sortie du Bain (1891-1892)

Edgar Degas

lithographic crayon and graphite with touches of black wash on pale pink japan transfer paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Materials:

Paper, Watercolour, Graphite, Crayon

Physical Object Description:

A woman in a bath; nude and seen from behind, drying herself, about to accept a towel from another figure. Lithographic crayon and graphite, with touches of black wash on pale pink Japan transfer paper.

Technique:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

35.2 x 32.8 cm

Accession Number:

1925,0314.1

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) (L 658); 3rd Degas sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 9.iv.1919 (334); purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 1920; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1925

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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