Vernissage
Woman Having Her Hair Combed

Edgar Degas

French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris

Woman Having Her Hair Combed, ca. 1886–88

Pastel on light green wove paper, now discolored to warm gray, affixed to original pulpboard mount

74 × 60.6 cm (29 ¼ × 23 ¾ in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

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