1880
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Leaving the Bath is a 1880 ink by Edgar Degas, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman drying herself with a towel after a bath. Her back is to us, and her posture is loose, like she’s in motion. The room looks simple—just a door in the background and a chair with clothes on it. The lines are rough and scratchy, almost like the artist was in a hurry or experimenting. This style was common in prints from that time. Check out technique: drypoint to see how artists made prints like this.
Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas on 19 July 1834 in Paris, Edgar Degas came from an affluent banking family with aristocratic roots and spent his childhood among the cultivated circles of the French capital.
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