The Tub — Edgar Degas | DiscoverArt

The Tub

modeled 1888–89, cast 1920

Bronze

45.4 × 42.2 cm (17.9 × 16.6 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 817

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified August 2026

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