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[Self-Portrait]

[Self-Portrait], Lotte Beese, 1927

Lotte Beese, portrait

Lotte BeeseGerman, 1903–1988

[Self-Portrait]

1927 · Photograph · 8.4 × 6 cm

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J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 14 hours ago
In this state since: Oct 7, 2026
Source: The museum

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About the work

Lotte Beese made this inventive self-portrait by photographing her own shadow against a door. The strong black of the door handle echoes the shape of her truncated hand and the window shadows that intersect her head. The negative-positive quality of the print created by the intense sunlight disorients the viewer.

J. Paul Getty Museum

Particulars

1927 · aged 24

19031988

Accession number: 85.XP.384.79

In the catalog

Photographs Gelatin silver print Modernism 20th century German

Sources

J. Paul Getty Museum
Image: J. Paul Getty Museum — ; In Copyright

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Albert Braun mit Spiegel, Lotte Beese, negative about 1928; print 1984

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Portrait of H. Meyer, Lotte Beese, about 1928

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about 1928 · Not on view · J. Paul Getty Museum

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