1880
crayon
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Leaving the Bath (La sortie du bain) is a 1880 crayon 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. The lines are rough and scratchy, almost like they were drawn fast. The towel wraps around her body, and her arms are raised to hold it in place. The artist used a mix of dark and light marks to show light hitting her skin. This was made using a special printing method that lets ink sit in the grooves of the plate. Look up etching to see how artists like Degas 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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