Beach at Low Tide (Mouth of the River)
1869
Edgar Degas French, 1834–1917
France
Edgar Degas visited the coast of Normandy in the autumn of 1869 and was inspired to create over 40 small-scale landscape pastels. This particular sheet is one of the very best of this group: clearly articulated and unusual in being signed and dated, it is the only seascape that Degas relinquished during his lifetime.
Pastel on light brown wove paper