Woman Drying Her Arm, late 1880s?early 1890s, Pastel and charcoal on light pink wove paper, discolored at the edges, 12 x 17 1/2in. (30. 5 x 44. 5cm), Drawings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834?1917 Paris), This pastel is one of eighteen variants on the composition that Degas made in the late 1880s and early 1890s, a testament to his fascination with replicating and multiplying images. He also repeated forms within the scene: the model?s bent left leg closely echoes the shape and line of her extended arms