Washerwomen

Les Blanchisseuses

Washerwomen

Edgar Degas · 1871

MuMa Museum of modern art André Malraux

Le Havre, France

About this painting

A small, tender study of two laundresses' heads — Degas returned repeatedly to washerwomen, drawn to the exhausted, unglamorous poses of working women.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

15 × 21 cm (5.9 × 8.3 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

MuMa Museum of modern art André Malraux, Le Havre

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