The Laundresses
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) · 1879–80 · etching and aquatint
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About this picture
The Laundresses is a CC0 illustration by Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), dated 1879–80. Etching and aquatint. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“The Laundresses” (1879–80) is cropped the way Degas liked: dancers, bathers, or a room seen as if glanced at, not arranged for a formal portrait.
About the artist
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was a French artist of dancers, bathers, races, and ordinary rooms. He drew constantly and often cropped a scene as if it had been glanced at, rather than posed for a formal portrait.
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