©The Art Institute of Chicago

The bathers

[Les baigneuses]

MS : 1312
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago - Illinois - Etats-Unis
Inv. 1955. 495

The Artwork
Dimensions
113 × 115 cm - 44 1/2 × 45 1/4 in.
Period
Circa 1890
Medium
Pastel et fusain
Support
Papier-calque sur carton
Stamp
Vente Degas (en bas à gauche)
Lemoisne
IV-1079, p. 627

Additional information

History

Atelier Degas - Vente Degas, 1918, I, n° 211 (repr.) - Ambroise Vollard, Paris - Nathan Cummings, Chicago – The Art Institute of Chicago, 1955 (Don Nathan Cummings).

Exhibitions

Paris, galerie Vollard, 1936, Degas – Washington, New York, 1970-1971, n° 10, repr. p. 23 – The Art Institute of Chicago, 1973, n° 8, p. 11-16 (repr.) – The Art Institute of Chicago, 1984, Degas in nthe Art Institute of Chicago, n° 91, repr. p. 188 – Londres, Chicago, 1996-1997, Degas : Beyond Impressionism, cat. 88, repr. p. 279 – The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999 (Hors catalogue) – Boston, Paris, 2011-2012, Degas et le nu/Degas and the Nude, cat. 252, repr. p. 242 (Boston seulement) [Ed. française].

Bibliography

Lemoisne, 1946-1949, IV, n° 1079, repr. p. 627 - Rich, The Art Institute Quarterly, 15 novembre 1955, p. 68-70 (repr.) - Catalogue of Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago, 1961, p. 121 - Maxon, 1970, p. 268, repr. p. 280 - Grung, Supplement to Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago, 1971, p. 122d - Lassaigne, Minervino, 1974, n° 1003, repr. p. 121 - Haller Olsen, 1979, p. 45, n° 2G8 - Marandel, 1979, p. 38 (repr.) - Brettell, McCullagh, Cat. exp. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1984, pp. 188-191, cat. 91 (repr.) - Paris, Ottawa, New York, 1988-1989, Degas, fig. 312, repr. p. 556 - Loyrette, Degas, 1991, p. 580 - Kendall, Degas Landscapes, 1993, cat. 216, repr. p. 245 - Boggs, Degas, 1996, p. 10 - Kendall, Cat. exp. Londres, Chicago, 1996-1997, Degas : Beyond Impressionism, cat. 88, repr. p. 279 - New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997-1998, The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, fig. 292, repr. p. 214 - Kelder, 1997, The Great Book of Impressionism - Singapour, Canberra, Raleigh, Portland, Chicago, 1999-2000, fig. 6, repr. p. X - Rey, Roquebert, Shackelford, Cat. exp. Boston, Paris, 2011-2012, Degas et ne nu/Degas and the Nude, fig. 235, repr. p. 211 [Ed. anglaise].

Last updated : 29/06/2026

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