1857
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Study of a Female Nude is a 1857 graphite by Edgar Degas, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a simple drawing of a woman standing with her hands pressed together. She’s barefoot, and the lines are light and quick, like a rough draft. Around her are three small, unfinished sketches of heads or shoulders—just shapes, no details. The paper looks old, with a yellowish tint, and the artist signed it in the corner. The drawing is all in pencil on plain paper, no color or background. If you like this style, check out Impressionism.
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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