Woman Drying Her Back with a Towel
Artist
Edgar Degas
French, 1834 - 1917
Printer
Goupil & Cie
Date1897
MediumHeliotype
DimensionsSheet: 11 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (29.2 x 25.7 cm)
Overall: 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (47 x 39.4 cm)
Matboard: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall: 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (47 x 39.4 cm)
Matboard: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineThe Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York.
Object number2008.9.13
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Works on Paper
InscribedSigned in the plate, upper right: "Degas".
MarkingsOn print: Copyright stamp, lower right corner, "Copyright 1897 by Jean Boussod Manzi Joyantccie, Paris".
DescriptionNude figure sitting on furniture, pink and white blanket under her. The original storage mat includes a heavy weight paper backing and window mat with a slightly lighter weight paper cover. The cover has a stamped number at the lower right corner which corresponds to a numbered list of contents on the portfolio cover.Exhibition HistoryWest Meets East: Prints from the Permanent Collection, Wood Gallery, The Hyde Collection, November 4, 2018 - December 30, 2018"Degas at The Hyde: A Master of Form," Whitney-Renz Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, October 7-Dec. 31, 2023.