The Mirror

1922

Max Pechstein

Associated Names
Max Pechstein

Artist, German, 1881 - 1955

The image is a woodcut print of a woman from the waist up. She is seated with her body slightly turned away from the viewer. Her arms are raised as she adjusts her long hair. The woman has distinct facial features and is wearing a dark, short-sleeved garment. In the foreground, there is a circular table with a tall vase of flowers and a rectangular object. The background shows a mirror reflecting the woman in a cubist-like style, with abstract textural elements suggesting a room interior.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 49.6 x 40.3 cm (19 1/2 x 15 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 69.2 x 53.2 cm (27 1/4 x 20 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.353

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Krüger 1988, no. H276

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Claude Schaefer, Montevideo, Uruguay; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1950 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • German Expressionist Prints and Drawings, American University, Washington, D.C., 1954.

Bibliography

1988

  • Krüger, Günter. Das Druckgraphische Werk Max Pechsteins. Hamburg: Max Pechstein-Archiv, 1988, no. H276.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: HMPechstein / 1922

Markings

stamped verso in black ink: COMISION NACIONAL DE MUSEOS / Y MONUMENTOS HISTORICOS / JOSE LUIS BUSANICHE / SECRETARIO GENERALE

Wikidata ID

Q65362598

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