Bei der Toilette. 1947.
Gouache and watercolor.
Lower left monogrammed and dated. On firm structured wove paper. 71.2 x 36 cm (28 x 14.1 in).
Painted in Bensheim in 1947. [KT].

PROVENANCE: Erich Cohn Collection, New York (1947/48).
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (donated by the above in 1963).
Private collection Lower Saxony (acquired in 2004).

LITERATURE: Barbara Lipps-Kant, Paul Kleinschmidt 1883-1949, vol. 2: Chronologischer Werkkatalog, (dissertation) Tübingen 1977, p. 669, no. A303 ("At the dressing table").
Auktionshaus Lempertz, Cologne, 867th auction, Moderne Kunst, December 4, 2004, lot 1088 (illustrated).

In good condition, colors in fresh impression. Upper right margin with two small splits (ca. 0,5 and 2 cm). Lower right corner with several tiny pinholes. Upper left corner with an unobtrusive smoothed crease.