A Woman Combing Her Hair in Front of a Mirror

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The sketch shows two individuals. One is seated with long hair falling down their back, while the other is partially visible in a mirror, with short hair and a hand raised near or above their head. The sketch is in line art with minimal detail in the surroundings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21 x 16.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.148

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(John A. Torson, New York). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 177 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 41858; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: torson 3198; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 21

Wikidata ID

Q64559841

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