Nude Woman Standing, Drying Herself (Femme nue debout, a sa toilette)

c. 1890

Edgar Degas

Associated Names
Edgar Degas

Artist, French, 1834 - 1917

The image shows a nude individual from the back, capturing most of their body from head to knees. The person is standing, slightly bent over near a bed or similar surface, with their right arm resting on what appears to be a piece of fabric or a sheet. The individual's hair is long and dark, appearing as loose, flowing locks that fall down their back. The background is a dark, textured area that could suggest the interior of a room, perhaps with a curtain or a roughly sketched wall. Nearby, a bed with rumpled fabric and dark shadows is visible. The focus is on the person and their interaction with the environment, with no visible jewelry or held objects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.8 × 24.6 cm (12 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.9 × 30.8 cm (16 1/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3367

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 65, State iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1945

  • French Prints of the 19th Century from the Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, Mexico City, 1945, no. 26, repro.

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. 108.

1965

  • Dedicatory Art Exhibition for the William Cooper Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 1965, no. 15.

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. 13.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 27.

2010

  • Degas: Figures in Motion, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, 2010, 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.

Inscriptions

recto: at lower left, in graphite, in later hand: L.D. 65 iii/iv; at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: M 4963-450 30931/3e etat

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64955688

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