Woman wiping her left foot

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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