In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Rooted in Degas's early training in the academic style of the formidable French painter Ingres, this sketch portrays a bather viewed from behind. The motif of the idealized female bather has been treated throughout the history of Western art, but Degas's sketch emphasizes the mundane act of a woman drying her body. He places his subject in a naturalistic pose, crouching and reaching, and focuses on portraying the movement and effort required to bathe rather than staging a static pose.
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Henri Lehmann — Back View of a Male Nude
William Glackens — Standing Nude Woman
George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) — Nude Woman Standing, 
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — Study
Wilhelm Lehmbruck — Standing Nude Model, Facing Right
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) — Nude Woman with Towel, Sta
Pablo Picasso — Nude
George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) — Nude Study, Girl Stan
Auguste Rodin — Studieblad met twee vrouwen die hun hemd uit
George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) — Nude Study, Girl Stan
Alfred J. Wands (American, 1904–1998) — Seated Nude
Egon Schiele — Standing Nude Girl, Facing Left
