Nude Woman with Mirror (Mädchen vor dem Spiegel)

1914
(German, 1884–1976)
Image: 50 x 39.8 cm (19 11/16 x 15 11/16 in.); Sheet: 61.7 x 50.5 cm (24 5/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Reidemeister 68, repr. fig. 43
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location: not on view

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff accentuated the material qualities of the woodblock used to make this print by leaving evidence of his gouging in the negative spaces and by emphasizing the simple, rough contours and flattened proportions of the female figure. While the traditional subject of a female nude in front of a mirror suggests an allegory of beauty or vanity, Schmidt-Rottluff’s nude avoids idealization. The model’s mask-like features and body decoration also reference tribal art, which Brücke artists admired at the Dresden ethnological museum, particularly the wooden relief carvings from Palau, Micronesia, that show similar forms and markings.
Nude Woman with Mirror (Mädchen vor dem Spiegel)

Nude Woman with Mirror (Mädchen vor dem Spiegel)

1914

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

(German, 1884–1976)
Germany

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