DrawingsFrench19th century

After the Bath, Woman Drying Her Hair

c. 1893-1898

Artists

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar DegasArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal and brown chalk on pale pink wove paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

49.7 x 64.4 cm (19 9/16 x 25 3/8 in.) frame: 58.3 x 73.2 x 3.6 cm (22 15/16 x 28 13/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Atelier Degas (L. 257, 658), sale [Vente II, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 11-13, 1918, no. 289]. [Sadajiro Yamanaka, New York] sold in or before 1932; to Paul J. Sachs, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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