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| Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth |
Artist:Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris)
Date:ca. 1875
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:16 1/4 × 13 1/8 in. (41.3 × 33.4 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, 2018
This painting depicts a woman who appears to have been crying, the sort of unguarded moment and unflattering attitude which Degas explored in his art throughout his career. Painted quickly and with great economy, its emphasis on capturing a transient emotional state marks it as a study rather than a formal portrait.
One early owner, the painter Egisto Fabbri (1866–1933), lent the canvas to the first exhibition of Impressionist art in Italy, held at the Lyceum Club in Florence in 1910.
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