After the Bath (La sortie du bain (Petite planche))

c. 1891

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

The image shows a black and white sketch of a person from behind, with their upper body and legs visible. The person is leaning forward, with their right arm across their body and holding onto a piece of fabric with their left hand. Their face is turned in profile, partly in shadow, with textured hair. The person is in front of a softly shadowed background that resembles a wall. In the foreground, there is a bed with a textured blanket or sheet, creating a soft atmosphere. The person is not wearing clothing or jewelry.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.5 x 27 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.600

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 63, State (undesc. state)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

R.M. Light & Co.; purchased 1960 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Loan exhibition of Degas for the benefit of the Citizen's Committee for Children of New York, Inc., Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1960, no. 106.

1972

  • Lithography in the 19th Century: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1972-1973, no. 9, repro.

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. 65 (II), repro.

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

2011

  • Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, 2011, unnumbered catalogue.

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.65 state ii/ii (dated 1891/1892).

2010

  • Jones, Kimberly A. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2010.

Watermarks

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Wikidata ID

Q65508219

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