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Woman on a Sofa

Edgar Degas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman on a Sofa by Edgar Degas: A woman wearing a dark blue dress with a lighter blue lining sits on a sofa; her body faces right while she looks left, her right arm extended and her left resting on her thigh. The woman's hair is pulled back and tied. The drawing is on a peach-colored background. The woman's skirt falls in folds to the floor. The drawing is in an impressionist style.

Artwork details

Date:
1875
Medium:
Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with touches of pastel, over graphite underdrawing, on pink paper
Dimensions:
546 × 624 px
Museum record:
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