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Edgar Degas

Torso (Woman Getting out of a Bath)

c. 1896–1911, cast c. 1919–21

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  • Artist Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)
  • Title Torso (Woman Getting out of a Bath)
  • Date c. 1896–1911, cast c. 1919–21
  • Medium Cast bronze
  • Edition description 71
  • Dimensions unframed | 16 5/8 x 7 1/8 x 5 5/8 in.
  • Credit line University purchase, Kende Sale Fund, 1946
  • Object number WU 3779

Battle of Ideal vs. Real: The Figure in Nineteenth-Century Art
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 05/06/2016 - 07/31/2016

Ugly: An Alternative Look at Western Art
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 06/05/2013 - 07/29/2013

Art and the Mind-Brain
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/27/2012 - 04/16/2012

Mythologized, Idealized, Modernized: The Human Figure in Western Art
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 05/13/2011 - 07/18/2011

Washington University Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture from Daumier to Pollock
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 04/06/1966 - 05/08/1966

Opening Exhibition of Mark C. Steinberg Memorial Hall
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 04/29/1960

Origins of Modern Sculpture
Saint Louis Art Museum, 03/30/1946 - 05/15/1946
Detroit Institute of Arts, 01/22/1946 - 03/03/1946

Edgar Degas: Bronzes, Drawings, Pastels
Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin (New York, New York), 01/03/1945 - 01/27/1945

Bronzes by Degas, Matisse, Renoir
Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin (New York), 10/19/1943 - 11/13/1943

Homage to Rodin, European Sculpture of Our Time
Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin (New York, New York), 11/10/1942 - 12/05/1942

Sculptures of Edgar Degas
Ferargil Galleries (New York, New York), 10/25/1925 - 11/09/1925

Exposition Degas, au profit de la Ligue franco-anglo-américaine contre le cancer: peintures, pastels et dessins, sculptures, eaux-fortes, lithographies et monotypes
Galerie Georges Petit (Paris, France), 04/12/1924 - 05/02/1924

Works in Sculpture of Edgar Degas
Leicester Galleries (London, England), 02/01/1923 - 03/31/1923

Exposition Degas
Durand-Ruel Galleries (New York, New York), 12/06/1922 - 12/27/1922

A. A. Hébrard
Venue Unknown

Seconda Biennale Romana, Mostra Internazionale di Belle Arti. Sculture di Edgar Degas 1834–1917
Casa Editrice d’Arte Enzo Pinci (Rome, Italy)

1946
Buchholz Gallery

Inscription [on top of base, in corner, etched into bronze, signature:] Degas

Inscription [on base in opposite corner of artist's signature, etched into bronze:] 71 / B

Inscription [on corner of base near "71", stamped into bronze, square area:] CIRE / PERDUE / AA REQUARD [?]

Inscription [on underside of base, in red ink:] WU 3779

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