Woman Ironing
Edgar Degas · begun c. 1876, completed c. 1887 · oil on canvas
Public domain
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About this picture
Woman Ironing is a public-domain painting by Edgar Degas, dated begun c. 1876, completed c. 1887. Oil on canvas. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Woman Ironing” (begun c. 1876, completed c. 1887) 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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