Woman in a Bathtub, 1889 modeled (cast 1920-21) no. 26/C, Edgar Degas, French, 1834 - 1917, 8 3/4 x 16 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. ( x x cm), Bronze, France, 19th-20th century, Taking an unusual approach to the traditional theme of the nude bather, and introducing color into his original wax sculpture (through tinted waxes, a lead ring for the tub’s rim, and plaster-soaked cloth puddled at the tub’s edge), Degas achieved a work of daring modernity. Much of The Tub’s impact, as well as its charm, derives from Degas’s clever way of making a full view possible only from directly overhead

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