Art Institute of Chicago

Woman at Her Toilette

Edgar Degas

Date

1900/05

Medium

Pastel on tracing paper

Culture

France

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Edgar Degas captured an intimate moment: a woman drying herself after a bath. At right, a curtain conceals the woman’s lower body as she bends forward. Degas’s loose handling of pastel and use of warm hues of yellow, orange, and red throughout the drawing visually connect the woman’s body with her surroundings, though specific details like the woman’s face and emotions are obscured from view.

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