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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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