Woman with a Towel, 1894 or 1898, Pastel on cream-colored wove paper with red and blue fibers throughout, 37 3/4 x 30in. (

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Woman with a Towel, 1894 or 1898, Pastel on cream-colored wove paper with red and blue fibers throughout, 37 3/4 x 30in. ( x ), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), Degas used his fingers, brushes, and sharp implements to smudge, scrape, and polish this pastel, creating a sense of movement and texture, and revealing layers of brilliant color. Black outlines drawn over the pastel emphasize the contrapposto turn of the muscular and monumental nude

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Size: 3866px × 4886px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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