Woman Combing Her Hair, ca. 1888–90, Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original

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Woman Combing Her Hair, ca. 1888–90, Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount, 24 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. ( x 46 cm), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), This is the second of two variants of a composition that Degas created about 1885. In this version, he used a new technique, applying pastel in so many successive layers that the pigment became burnished and the underlying paper rubbed to such an extent that the fibers were loosened and now project from the surface like many little hairs

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