Woman Drying Her Foot

Edgar Degas

1885–86 · Pastel on buff wove paper, affixed to original pulpboard mount · European Paintings

In this pastel and another of 1885–86 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) Degas explored the expressive potential of a bather doubled-up, snail-like, drying her foot. The blue, yellow, and green harmonies in the two works are typical of many of his bather pastels, but the hues here are more high-keyed.

Artist

Edgar Degas

Date

1885–86

Medium

Pastel on buff wove paper, affixed to original pulpboard mount

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929