Woman at Her Toilette
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
1900–1905
- Medium
- Pastel on tracing paper
- Dimensions
- 75 × 72.5 cm (29 9/16 × 28 9/16 in.)
- Genre
- pastel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
drawings (visual works)Impressionismdomestic sceneswaterprints and drawingtracing paperpastelpastels (crayons)womenpaperinterioreveryday life (genre)paper (fiber product)
About
Edgar Degas captured an intimate moment: a woman drying herself after a bath. At right, a curtain conceals the woman’s lower body as she bends forward. Degas’s loose handling of pastel and use of warm hues of yellow, orange, and red throughout the drawing visually connect the woman’s body with her surroundings, though specific details like the woman’s face and emotions are obscured from view.
