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Femme à sa toilette essuyant son pied gauche
Woman wiping her left foot
Edgar Degas · 1886
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
About this painting
Degas twisted this bather into a snail-like curl, one of several 1886 pastels exploring the body doubled over in an ordinary, unposed moment of hygiene.
Painting Details
Medium
Pastel on cardboard
Dimensions
54 × 52 cm (21.3 × 20.5 in)
Painted at
Paris, France
Current location
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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