Two Women

Edgar Degas, c. 1878/1880

This is a drawing depicting two women standing next to each other in different positions. The woman on the left is standing upright and looking to the left with her hands behind her back, while the one on the right… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Edgar Degas ¹
Date: c. 1878/1880 ¹
Medium: pastel over watercolor and charcoal on tan laid paper, mounted to board ¹
Original: 19,401 × 12,700 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection, 1926)

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