Woman Reclining on Her Bed
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
1880–1890
- Medium
- Monotype in black ink on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 19.9 × 41.5 cm (7 7/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 22.2 × 41.9 cm (8 3/4 × 16 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- monotype
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
inkprintlaid paperprints and drawingpaperinteriormonotypepaper (fiber product)
About
This sensual nude is one of four similar works, each dedicated by Degas to a male friend. In this case, the friend was Philippe Burty, a great print collector and critic whose influence on the graphic arts in France in the late 19th century was unequaled.
