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Après le bain, femme s'essuyant

After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself

National Gallery

London, United Kingdom

About this painting

Degas built up this pastel in dense layers on multiple joined sheets of paper, giving the bather's form a strange, almost translucent shimmer.

Painting Details

Medium

Pastel on paper (laid on card)

Dimensions

104 × 99 cm (40.9 × 39 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

National Gallery, London

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