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8
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Woman in a Tub, with Studies of Cats
c.
1908–16
Pencil on paper
6
5
⁄
8
x
8
1
⁄
4
inches (
17
x
21
cm.)
provenance
Michel Terrasse;
Sale, Dobiaschofsky Berne,
2008
.
Bonnard absorbed the influence of Degas in viewing the model
from above as she bathed in a round tub. Our drawing is closest to
a painting of
1916
titled
Nude in the Tub
, Private Collection.