Accession Number2008/2.428
Title La Sortie du Bain
Artist(s)Edgar DegasArtist NationalityFrench (culture or style)Object Creation Date1891-1892Medium & Supportlithograph on wove paperDimensions 18 1/8 in x 15 1/8 in (46.04 cm x 38.42 cm);12 3/8 in x 9 3/8 in (31.43 cm x 23.81 cm);18 1/8 in x 15 1/8 in (46.04 cm x 38.42 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.Label copyRecent Acquisitions: Curators Choice Part I, November 12, 2011-March 18, 2012
Edgar Degas
France, 1834–1917
La Sortie du bain
1891–92
Lithograph on cream wove paper
Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr., 2008/2.428
Subject matterThis scene represents the image of a young woman drying herself after taking a bath. This particular piece is the second state of the lithographic
After the Bath III. The original image included a maid and the back of a chaise; these, and most of the rest of the background were removed from the earlier version.
Physical DescriptionA nude woman seen from behind bends forward, holding a towel in her right hand. Her hair falls over her head towards the ground. Rumpled fabrics on the edge of a bed are seen in the foreground of the image.
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Keywords
bathers
lithographs
nudes (representations)
women (female humans)