MODERSOHN-BECKER, Paula: Self-Portrait as a Half-Length Nude with Amber Necklace II
Soft brushwork renders a bare-shouldered woman gazing directly outward, amber beads draped across her chest against muted ochre tones. Modersohn-Becker's unflinching self-portrayal challenged early twentieth-century conventions about female nudity and artistic agency, pioneering Expressionist intimacy.