After the Bath (Woman Drying Herself)
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French, 1834 - 1917
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
c. 1896Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
35 1/4 x 46 inches (89.5 x 116.8cm) Framed: 47 1/2 x 58 1/16 x 5 inches (120.7 x 147.5 x 12.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
1980-6-1Credit Line:
Purchased with funds from the estate of George D. Widener, 1980
Made in France, Europe
Date:
c. 1896Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
35 1/4 x 46 inches (89.5 x 116.8cm) Framed: 47 1/2 x 58 1/16 x 5 inches (120.7 x 147.5 x 12.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 162, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Vogt Gallery)
Accession Number:1980-6-1Credit Line:
Purchased with funds from the estate of George D. Widener, 1980
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Provenance
Second sale of the Degas atelier, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, December 11-13, 1918, no. 17; purchased by Dr. Georges Viau (1855-1939), Paris; his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 11, 1942, no. 94 (illus.). Hermann Lutjens, Zürich, by 1950 [1]; Mme H. Lutjens, Zürich, by 1959 [2]; with Galerie Feilchenfeldt, Zürich, by 1973 [3]; with Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zürich, by 1979; sold to PMA, February 20, 1980. 1. J. Grenier, "The Revolution of Color," XXe siècle, vol. 22, no. 15, 1950, p. 14 (as "Coll. Mme H. Lutjens, Zurich"). 2. Lent to the exhibition "De Géricault à Matisse: chefs-d'oeuvre français des collections suisses," Paris, Petit Palais, March-May 1959, no. 44 3. Lent to the exhibition "50 Jahre Kunsthandelsverband der Schweiz," Kunsthaus Zürich, September 15-November 11, 1973, no. 41 (from label on reverse).* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit.