The Tub

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The Tub is an 1886 pastel and mixed-media artwork by Edgar Degas depicting a woman bathing, celebrated for its unusual overhead perspective and intimate, everyday subject.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mixed-media artwork
pastel artwork
artHistoricalSignificance important example of modern depictions of private life
key work in Degas’s late pastels
associatedWith Edgar Degas’s exploration of female nudes
late 19th-century French art
collection Musée d'Orsay
surface form: Musée d’Orsay
colorPalette muted tones
warm hues
country France
creator Edgar Degas
creatorNationality French
depicts bathtub
everyday domestic life
interior scene
toilet articles
woman bathing
genre bathing scene
genre painting
hasArtForm drawing
pastel drawing
inception 1886
languageOfTitle French
location Paris
materialUsed mixed media
paper
pastel
movement Impressionism
notableFor focus on everyday subject matter
intimate treatment of subject
unusual overhead perspective
originalTitle The Tub self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Tub
partOfSeries Degas ballet paintings
surface form: Degas’s series of women at their toilette
perspective high viewpoint
overhead view
subjectGender female
technique mixed media
pastel on paper
timePeriod 19th century
yearCompleted 1886

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Edgar Degas notableWork The Tub
The Tub originalTitle The Tub self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le Tub