©Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres

Woman drying herself after the bath

[Femme s'essuyant après le bain]

MS : 3704
Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres - Royaume-Uni
Inv. E. 3689-1919

The Artwork

Dimensions
47.8 × 59.7 cm - 18 13/16 × 23 1/2 in.
Period
Circa 1875
Medium
Fusain
Support
Papier-calque
Stamp
Vente Degas (en bas à gauche)

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas - Vente Degas, III, n° 388 (repr.) - Galerie Knoedler, Paris - Victoria and Albert Museum, 1919.


One of 5 drawings bought at auction on 9th April 1919 [E.3685 to 3689-1919]. Bought at the Degas Sale by C R D Maclagan on behalf of the V & A. E.3685 and 3686-1919 were lot 363; E.3687 and 3688-1919 were lot 364; E.3689-1919 was lot 388.

Exhibitions

Nottingham, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1969, Degas, Pastels and Drawings, n° 27 (repr.) - Tokyo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, 1976-1977, Degas, n° 79 (repr.) - Tübingen, Berlin, 1984, Degas. Pastelle, Ölskizzen, Zeichnungen, cat. 184 (repr.) - Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, 2016, Degas-Rodin, p. 355 

Bibliography

Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, Londres, Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921.

Last updated : 30/01/2026