Nude Woman Standing, Drying Herself (Femme nue debout, a sa toilette)
Edgar Degas
c. 1890
Medium
lithograph on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 32.8 × 24.6 cm (12 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.) sheet: 40.9 × 30.8 cm (16 1/8 × 12 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.3367
About the Artist
Edgar Degas · 1834–1917
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 ...