In this print, Degas applied Japanese compositional concepts to the subject of a female bather awkwardly leaving a tub. The point of view is that of a voyeur, positioned behind the back of the chair in the room's foreground. A steeply tilted picture plane creates an abrupt transition to the background, which is divided into a framework of dark and light vertical sections. The patterned carpet detail adds to the flattening of the motif. KB, Japanesque