The Bathers
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas · 1885/95 · Art Institute of Chicago
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This pastel marks one of Degas's most ambitious projects during the last decade of his life. Evoking four bathers each at distinct points in the bathing process, this vision was created by suspending layers of pastel in fixative on translucent tracing paper, which the artist pieced together and mounted. Like many of his best works, this ephemeral creation was discovered in Degas's studio at the time of his death, perhaps deliberately unfinished.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Details
- Maker
- Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917
- Date
- 1885/95
- Medium
- Pastel and charcoal on tan wove paper
- Dimensions
- 113.4 × 115.7 cm (44 11/16 × 45 9/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of Nathan Cummings
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
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