sich kämmende Frau in Wäsche (Woman in a Corset Combing Her Hair) [p. 55]
1927
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graphite on paper
Dimensions
page size: 17 x 11.8 cm (6 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.41.17
Art Historical Context
Max Beckmann's *sich kämmende in Wäsche (Woman a Corset Combing Hair)*, created in 1927, an intimate moment of a woman grooming herself in her undergarments. Rendered in graphite on a modest sheet of paper measuring 17 x 11.8 cm, this exemplifies Beckmann's mastery of line and form during the Weimar Republic era—a time of social upheaval and artistic experimentation in Germany following World War I. As a leading figure in German Expressionism, Beckmann his works with psychological depth and distorted figures to convey inner turmoil and human isolation. Though best known for his large-scale pa...
About the Artist
Max Beckmann
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (1884-1950) stands as one of the most significant German painters of the twentieth century, a complex artist who bridged Expressionism and the New Objectivity while forging a deeply personal visual language. Born in Leipzig into a middle-class family, Beckmann's artistic journey spanned from academic classicism through the traumatic crucible of World War I to a mature s...