Leaving the Bath (La sortie du bain)

c. 1879/1880

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

The image shows two individuals in a room. One person is mostly visible from behind, wearing a long garment that covers them from head to toe, with only their hair partially visible. They are interacting with a large piece of cloth. The second individual is mostly obscured, standing to the right and holding up a sheet or large piece of fabric that partially conceals their body. Only the upper part of their body can be discerned. This individual's head is visible above the cloth, covered with what appears to be a head scarf or cap. The setting appears to be indoors, possibly in a room with patterned flooring. A tall plant is situated to the right side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    electric crayon, etching, drypoint, and aquatint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27 x 17 cm (10 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.16.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 39, State xv?/xvii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Dedicatory Art Exhibition for the William Cooper Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 1965, no. 26.

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 16.

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 (XX), 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. 47.

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 xx/xxii (dated 1879-1880).

Wikidata ID

Q65222715

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