Women at work provided inspiration for Degas. In addition to ballet dancers and cabaret singers, he also painted milliners and dressmakers, laundresses and ironers—such as the young woman here.
It was lent by Durand-Ruel to a 1936 exhibition in Philadelphia and published by
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
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National Portrait Gallery, Washington; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1941-1942, no. 74. 1950 Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia
Christie’s Exhibition History 1988 Pietro Testa 1612 – 1650, Prints and Drawings, Philadelphia
at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: British and Modern French Schools, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
