Complex sentence: The work is part of a series of photographs, preliminary sketches and completed works in pastels and oils by Degas from this period, dancing or bathing, some showing women in awkward unnatural positions.
Split into simpler sentences: The work is part of a series of photographs, preliminary sketches and completed works in pastels and oils by Degas from this period. The series depict women dancing or bathing, some showing women in awkward unnatural positions.