Leaving the Bath, 1879-1880
Edgar Degasexpand_more
Drypoint and aquatintexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fundexpand_more P.90.1
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Edgar Degas's fascination with the human figure led him to depict the female bather for almost thirty years. "The nude has always been portrayed in postures that presuppose an audience," he once said. "But my women are simple, straightforward women, concerned with nothing beyond their physical existence.... It's as though one were peeping through a keyhole."
Details
- Title
- Leaving the Bath
- Artist Life
- 1834 - 1917
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.90.1
- Provenance
- Passed down through unidentied family members to Ami Ladd Vitko, Long Lake, Minn.; acquired by MIA, 1990. Previous owner stated that the print had belonged to her great-grandmother, who was thought to have been one of Degas's studio models.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Delteil 39; Adhemar 49; Reed & Shapiro 42-undescribed state between xv and xvi/xxii
- Curator Approved
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