Après le Bain II (After the Bath II)

1891-1892

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

The image shows a person standing with their back to the viewer. The individual is bending over slightly, with their arms across their body. Their head is lowered, and their long, dark hair partially covers their face. The person appears nude in an undefined interior space. The background is textured, dark, and shadowy, with lighter tones hinting at obscured forms or objects. There are no visible accessories or objects, and the image is in monochrome.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist (Lugt 657); (his sale, Galerie Manzi-Joyant, Paris, 22-23 November, 1918, one of lots 149-152). Richard Zinzer, Forest Hills, NY (Lugt 5581); by descent; (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Hayward Gallery, London, 1984 - 1985, no. 64 Ia.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy: 60, ii/vi.

1984

  • Reed, Sue Welsh and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker. Boston, 1984: no. 64, i/v (variant).

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite by unknown hand: Le Lever (1ͤ planche)1ͤ ͬ Etat

Markings

lower right stamped in red: ATELIER / ED. DEGAS (Lugt 657); verso stamped in black ink: [mark of Richard H Zinser (Lugt 5581)]

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