Woman Drying Her Foot, 1885–86, Pastel on buff wove paper, affixed to original pulpboard mount, 19 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (50.2 x 54 cm), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), In this pastel and another of 1885–86 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) Degas explored the expressive potential of a bather doubled-up, snail-like, drying her foot. The blue, yellow, and green harmonies in the two works are typical of many of his bather pastels, but the hues here are more high-keyed
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Woman Drying, Foot, 1885–86, Pastel, buff wove paper, affixed, original pulpboard mount, 19 3/4 x 21 1/4, 50.2 54 cm, Drawings, Edgar Degas, French, Paris, 1834–1917, pastel, another, Musée d'Orsay, Degas explored, expressive potential, bather doubled-up, snail, drying, foot, blue, yellow, green harmonies, two works, typical, pastels, hues, high-keyed
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