Leaving the Bath

1879/1880

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

This is a drawing of an interior scene depicting two figures handling large pieces of fabric. The room has a domestic setting with textured floors and walls. A large potted plant is visible to the right, and there seems to be furniture or objects covered with patterned fabric within the room. The composition is focused on the movement and interaction between the figures and the material around them. The artwork is in monochrome, using lines and shading to create depth and form.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23 x 18 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
    plate: 12.8 × 12.8 cm (5 1/16 × 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.47

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reed/Shapiro 1984, no. 42, State xxi/xxii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1984

  • Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, 1984-1985, no. 42 (XXI), repro.

2007

  • The repeating image : multiples in French painting from David to Matisse, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 2007 - 2008, no. 48.

2014

  • Degas/Cassatt, NGA, 2014, no.

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.

1984

  • Reed, Sue Welsh, and Barbara Stern Shapiro. Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1984: no.42, state xxi/xxii.

Wikidata ID

Q65222714

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