Corseted Woman at a Mirror

1922

Paul Kleinschmidt

Associated Names
Paul Kleinschmidt

Artist, German, 1883 - 1949

The image shows a woman with her back facing the viewer, seated from the waist up. She has her arms lifted behind her head, with her elbows bent outward. The woman has wavy hair extending down her back and is wearing a corset that cinches her waist. In front of her is a mirror reflecting her upper body and face. Her reflection shows facial features and details of the corset. The background is minimal with the mirror as the main focus. Next to the mirror is an unidentifiable object on the surface. The setting appears simplistic and interior-based, with a sketch-like quality to the drawing.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.5 × 23.7 cm (10 13/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 45.3 × 28.7 cm (17 13/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.313

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

inscribed in plate, at bottom right: P. Kl. / 22. Februar / 1922; below image, at left, in graphite: Kleinschmidt 22; below image, at right, in graphite: Probe 1-4 / No 3

Wikidata ID

Q76556599

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