Before the Bath

1908

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Charcoal, colored and white chalk, with linear charcoal border on all edges, on dark buff wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (30.2 x 29.8 cm)
Collection no.: 1975.1.735
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Before the Bath — Suzanne Valadon. 1908.

Medium: Charcoal, colored and white chalk, with linear charcoal border on all edges, on dark buff wove paper mounted on board. Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (30.2 x 29.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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