After the Bath III

Edgar Degas

1891–92

After the Bath III by Edgar Degas

Medium

Lithograph, transfer, and crayon; second state of two, printed on cream, textured, laid paper with watermark: AL in double oval

Dimensions

image: 9 13/16 x 9 1/16 in. (25 x 23 cm) stone: 11 7/16 x 9 1/4 in. (29 x 23.5 cm) sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (37.5 x 27 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1987

Accession Number

1987.1091

Tags

Female Nudes

About the Artist

Edgar Degas · 18341917

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) stands as one of the most innovative artists of the nineteenth century, whose distinctive vision transformed how modern life could be depicted on canvas. Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas in Paris to a wealthy banking family—his father French, his mother a Louisiana Creole from New Orleans—Degas received a classical education before abandoning law studies in 1855 to pursue ...

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