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Bather Sponging Her Knee

[Baigneuse épongeant son genou]

MS : 593
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York - New York - Etats-Unis
Inv. 19.51.3

The Artwork

Dimensions
30 × 23 cm - 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.
Period
1883
Support
papier crème
Medium
Pastel, fusain, lavis noir
Stamp
ATELIER ED.DEGAS (au verso en haut à droite) ; Vente Degas (en bas à droite)

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas – Vente Degas, 1918, II, n° 222b – New Yorh, TheMetropolitan Museum of Art,1918.

Exhibitions

New York, The Grolier Club, 1922, Drawings and Bronzes by Degas - New York Metropolitan Museum, 1977, Degas in the Metropolitan [BR] - Paris, Ottawa, New York, 1988-1989, n° 254, repr. p. 423 - New York, Metropolitan Museum, 1997-1998, The Private Collection of Edgar Degas - New York, Metropolitan Museum, 2005-2006, Drawings and Prints. Selections from the Permanent Collection - Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 2011-2012, fig. 127, repr. p. 117 - Melbourne, Houston, 2016-2017, Degas : A New Vision, (n.n.), repr. p. 153.

Bibliography

Bryson, Metroplolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 14, mai 1919,  vol. 14, n° 5, p. 116-117 - Manson, 1927, p. 48 - Moffett, cat. exp. Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1977, n° 40 - Brame, Reff, 1984, n° 112, repr. p. 123 - Boggs, Druick, Loyrette, Pantazzi, Tinterow, Cat. exp. Paris, Ottawa, New York, 1988-1989, n° 254, repr. p. 423 - Dumas, Ives, cat. exp. Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1997, fig. 374 (repr.) - New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997-1998, The Private Collection of Degas, fig. 374, repr. p. 286 - Rey, Shackelford, Cat. exp. Boston, Paris, 2011-2012, fig. 127, repr. 117 [Ed. anglaise] - Loyrette, Cat. exp. Melbourne, Houston, 2016-2017 (n.n.) repr. p. 153.

Last updated : 21/07/2025