Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub, 1885, Charcoal and pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, laid down on silk bolting, 32 x 22 1/8in. (81.3 x 56.2cm), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), When Degas showed his 'suite of nudes,' including this pastel, at the eighth and final Impressionist exhibition in 1886, critics viciously attacked the ungainly poses of his bathers. After the exhibition Degas gave the picture to Mary Cassatt in exchange for her painting Girl Arranging Her Hair (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
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Woman Bathing, Shallow Tub, 1885, Charcoal, pastel, light green wove paper, now discolored, warm gray, laid down, silk bolting, 32 x 22 1/8in, 81.3 56.2cm, Drawings, Edgar Degas, French, Paris, 1834–1917, Degas, showed, suite, nudes, eighth, final Impressionist, exhibition, 1886, critics viciously, attacked, ungainly poses, bathers, exhibition, gave, picture, Mary Cassatt, exchange, painting Girl, Arranging, Hair, National Gallery, Art, Washington
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