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Nude Woman Combing Her Hair
Edgar Degas French
Not on view
Degas created more than fifty monotypes depicting life in Parisian brothels from the mid-1870s to about 1890. The artist’s interest in the theme paralleled that of Realist novelists, but whereas their books often glorified or ennobled this world, Degas’s works convey its grittier dimensions. Here, a nude woman prepares herself as her client watches.
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