Painting Woman at the toilet The Hermitage holds one of the best “pastel” works of the master – “The combing woman” or “Woman behind the toilet”.
A young girl sitting with her back to the viewer in a complicated pose. Thin female body piercing, flowing silhouette line and pure light coloring of the picture amaze the viewer.
The artist used the subtle nuances of a monophonic, smoothly shaded pastel, then gradually enriched them with other shades and transitions, and at the end he introduced bright color strokes that emphasized one or another form.
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Woman wiping herself with a towel by Edgar Degas 
A woman wiping herself after a bath by Edgar Degas 
After bathing by Edgar Degas 
In anticipation of entering the stage by Edgar Degas 
A woman sitting by a vase of flowers by Edgar Degas 
After the Bath by Edgar Degas 
Hair combing by Edgar Degas 
Morning Toilet by Lotte Lazerstein
Woman wiping herself with a towel by Edgar Degas A woman wiping herself after a bath by Edgar Degas After bathing by Edgar Degas In anticipation of entering the stage by Edgar Degas A woman sitting by a vase of flowers by Edgar Degas After the Bath by Edgar Degas Hair combing by Edgar Degas Morning Toilet by Lotte Lazerstein