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The Schoolgirl (Woman Walking in the Street)

Edgar Degas

National Gallery of Art

The sculpture depicts a standing figure of a woman dressed in early 20th-century attire. The woman is wearing a long skirt and a blouse with a belt at the waist, and she has a wide-brimmed hat on her head. The sculpture is dark reddish-brown and appears to be made of a material resembling bronze, with a textured surface capturing the details of the clothing and posture. The woman is standing upright with one hand behind her back and the other holding onto a small handbag. She is mounted on a simple rectangular base, and the overall sculpture is proportional to a small human figure, suggesting a scale model of an everyday person of that era.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1880/1881
Medium
pigmented beeswax, plastiline, metal armature, on plaster base
Dimensions
5622 × 7217 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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