Woman Drying Her Foot, 1885–86. Edgar Degas. Pastel on buff wove paper, affixed to original pulpboard mount. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929.
In this pastel and another of 1885–86 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) Degas explored the expressive potential of a bather doubled-up, snail-like, drying her foot. The blue, yellow, and green harmonies in the two works are typical of many of his bather pastels, but the hues here are more high-keyed.