KLEINSCHMIDT, PAUL1883 Bobolice - 1949 BensheimTitle: Vor dem Spiegel, Rückenakt mit schwarzer Schürze. Date: 1924. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 95.5 x 60.5cm. Notation: Monogrammed and dated upper left: P. Kl. 24. Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. Provenance: - Reglindis Cuonz-Kleinschmidt (stamp)- Private ownership (since 1949) Exhibitions: - Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 1959, cat. no. 7 (here titled: Rückenakt mit schwarzer Schürze)- Kunstverein, Tübingen 1968, cat. no. 3 (here titled: Vor dem Spiegel) - Ulm Museum, 2003- Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 2003- Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, 2003- Parktheater Bensheim, 2004- Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg 2004Literature: - Lipps-Kant, Barbara: Paul Kleinschmidt 1883-1949, vol. II, Tübingen 1977, cat. rais. no. 31, ill.- Exhibition cat. Paul Kleinschmidt - Zwischen Bar und Boudoir: Malerei, Ulm 2003, p. 24, no. 4, ill.- A work fresh to the art market, which has always been in private ownership- Depictions of Margarete Kleinschmidt, wife of the artist, are among the recurring motifs- The painting was executed during an explosive period of artistic creativity in the 1920s in BerlinNew catalogue raisonné:VAN HAM Art Publications has begun to compile a new catalogue raisonné of the paintings and works on paper based on the dissertation "Paul Kleinschmidt 1883-1949", 1977, by Dr. Barbara Lipps-Kant. This is being done under the supervision of Dr. Felix Billeter and in cooperation with the artist's descendants and the Paul Kleinschmidt Society.To this end, we ask for your assistance: please contact publications@van-ham.com if you own an original work by Paul Kleinschmidt. Your data will of course be treated discreetly.www.paul-kleinschmidt.info.