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The Bathers

Edgar Degas, 1885/95

The Bathers by Edgar Degas
The Bathers by Edgar Degas, 1.16 m × 1.13 m
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

1.16 m × 1.13 m

About the size of a cafe table. You would need 1 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 1.13 m Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
1.13 m
Width
1.16 m
Medium
Pastel and charcoal on tan wove paper
Kind
Drawing and Watercolor
Made in
France
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
113.4 × 115.7 cm (44 11/16 × 45 9/16 in.)
Credit
Gift of Nathan Cummings

Ask this work

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
1.16 m × 1.13 m. About the size of a cafe table. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1885/95. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of Nathan Cummings.
How was it made?
Pastel and charcoal on tan wove paper, made in France.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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