DEGAS Edgar (Paris 1834 - 1917) - "Woman getting out of a bathtub". Circa 1883. Monotype draft in black ink. Proof on laid paper. Ref : Adhémar et Cachin n°151 ; Eugenia Parry Janis n°194. Provenance: Galerie Bonafous-Murat, Maurice Exteens Collection, René de Gas Collection. All margins untrimmed on two sides. Degas' monotypes occupy a special place in the master's graphic work. Experimental in nature and reserved for an intimate circle, they were only rediscovered in 1918, at the sale of the artist's estate, where they created a surprise. In the magazine "Les Arts", the collector and critic Arsène Alexandre wrote: "His monotypes are one of the parts of his work where he showed himself to be the freest, the most driven, the most frenzied. He remembered no precedent even among his other works, and was embarrassed by no rules." Dimensions: 13 x 13 [31.3 x 23.8] cm. Condition B (a soft horizontal medial fold, and a drying fold through the print. Marginal annotations in pencil in lower right corner. Small remnants of mounting on back).