Après le bain, femme s'essuyant
After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself
Edgar Degas · 1890
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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