ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
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.
Read the visual description

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.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Woman Combing Her Hair in Front of a Mirror

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 21 x 16.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.70.148
Credit line
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Seated figure
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Chair
  • Female figure
  • Hairbrush
Provenance

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

Inscription

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

NGA object ID 143850. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.