Toilette (Before the Mirror) (Vor dem Spiegel)
1923
Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Accession
1945.5.40
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hofmaier 1990, no. 286, State B
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Karl Buchholz; purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald from the Office of the Alien Property Custodian, January 6, 1945; given to NGA, 1945
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
German Expressionist Prints and Drawings, American University, Washington, D.C., 1954.
Bibliography
1962
Gallwitz, Klaus. Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Radierungen, Lithographien, Holzschnitte. Karlsruhe: Badischer Kunstverein, 1962.
1990
Hofmaier, James. Max Beckmann, Catalogue raisonné of his Prints. 2 vols. Bern: Gallery Kornfeld, 1990.
Inscriptions
lower right below plate in graphite: Beckmann / 23; lower left below plate in graphite: 56/60; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Vor dem Spiegel NY 1309; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Bl 56; stamped lower left verso: PRINTED IN GERMANY
Watermarks
BSB
Wikidata ID
Q65024001