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Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub

1885
Not on view
When Degas showed his "suite of nudes," including this pastel, at the eighth and final Impressionist exhibition in 1886, critics viciously attacked the ungainly poses of his bathers. After the exhibition Degas gave the picture to Mary Cassatt in exchange for her painting Girl Arranging Her Hair (National Gallery of Art, Washington). Louisine Havemeyer eventually acquired both works.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub
  • Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
  • Date: 1885
  • Medium: Charcoal and pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, laid down on silk bolting
  • Dimensions: 32 x 22 1/8in. (81.3 x 56.2cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.100.41
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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Woman Drying Her Arm, Edgar Degas French, Pastel and charcoal on light pink wove paper, discolored at the edges
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Edgar Degas
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Woman Having Her Hair Combed, Edgar Degas French, Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount
Woman Having Her Hair Combed
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Osage Warrior, Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin French, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
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