Date : near 1895
Material : Oil on canvas
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European Painting
Painting (Scène intérieure)
Area related
France
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This anonymous, contemporary woman in the ordinary act of bathing is one of Degas's most modern images. In contrast with the tension of the figure's purposefully awkward pose, Degas built a surface of surprisingly sensuous tactility, at times using his fingers. Abandoning line and naturalistic detail in favor of the manipulation of intense color, Degas managed to endow this woman with both monumentality and vulnerability.
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