Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), Femme s’essuyant (Seated Bather Drying Her Neck), ca. 1905–1910. Signed with the artist’s stamp (L. 658). Charcoal and pastel on two joined sheets of tracing paper, laid down on board, 27 1/16 x 22 7/8 in. (68.7 x 58.1 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Mrs. John Jay Ide, 1995.62

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926), Bust of a Young Woman, ca. 1885–1890, pastel on gray discolored paper, 17 7/8 x 15 3/16 in. (42.9 x 38.6 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Memorial gift from Dr. T. Edward and Tullah Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 69.30.22

Rosalba Giovanna Carriera, 'Portrait of a Lady as Diana', 18th century. Pastel on laid paper, 13 3/16 x 10 13/16 in. (33.5 x 27.4 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Prentis Cobb Hale Jr., 1959.114

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (French, 1715–1783), Portrait of a Woman, known as ‘Marquise d’Anglure,’ ca. 1781–1783, signed “Peronneau” (upper right). Pastel on paper, mounted on canvas, 24 3/16 x 19 in. (61.5 x 48.2 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Jay Ide, 1996.88

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), Orpheus, ca. 1905. Signed in red ‘ODILON REDON’ and in graphite ‘ODILON R.’ (lower right). Pastel on gray laid paper, laid down on canvas, 23 7/16 x 18 7/16 in. (59.5 x 46.8 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Bequest of Frederick J. Hellman, 1965.29