At the Milliner's

At the Milliner's

At the Milliner's

Artist:Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date:1882
Medium:Pastel on pale gray wove paper (industrial wrapping paper), laid down on silk bolting
Dimensions:30 x 34 in. (76.2 x 86.4 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Mary Cassatt was the model for the customer in this work and also for another in the milliner series (Museum of Modern Art, New York). She purportedly said that she posed for Degas "only once in a while when he finds the movement difficult and the model cannot seem to get his idea." This pastel was shown in the final Impressionist exhibition, in 1886.

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