Art, literature & history
Woman Reading a Book
c. 1879
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- charcoal and black chalk with stumping and erasing, heightened with white chalk, on blue wove paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 48.9 x 31.8 cm (19 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1995.47.35
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Edgar Degas. Woman Reading a Book. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Woman Reading a Book — Edgar Degas. c. 1879.
Medium: charcoal and black chalk with stumping and erasing, heightened with white chalk, on blue wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 48.9 x 31.8 cm (19 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1995.47.35. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.