Date : 1889
Dimensions : 41 cm x 43 cm
Material : Bronze
Acquisition : Donation Wirt D. Walker (1950)
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French Painting
Sculpture (Statuette)
Area related
France
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Degas's original wax version of The Tub (now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.) is one of his greatest, most original technical achievements. He molded the figure out of red-brown beeswax, placed it in an ordinary metal basin, surrounded it with "water" made of plaster-soaked rags, and placed a real sponge in its left hand. X-rays have revealed that the work's ingredients also include cork, wood, wire, and a lead-alloy strip.
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