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Edgar Degas

The Laundresses

1879–80
etching and aquatint

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In addition to the needle traditionally used in etching, Edgar Degas employed unorthodox tools including a wire brush and a double-pointed steel accountant’s pen to make marks on the plate used for this print.

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