25/09/2026
Has she just come from dancing? Or is she planning to go dancing later?
Gabriele Münter’s Stenographer personifies the Garçonne – the modern woman of the 1920s and 1930s. She is elegant and stylish, with a wavy bob and, above all, fashion-conscious. To be independent, she works in one of the new professions that emerged for women at the time. Casually, she has pulled her sweater over her pyjamas to get to work.
A few years ago, we framed Gabriele Münter’s „Dame im Sessel, schreibend (Stenographie. Schweizerin in Pyjama)“, 1929, in a historic frame dating from the period in which the painting was created. The softwood frame with a beaded ogee profile is finished in silver bronze and forms a harmonious unity with the painting.
Münter’s work is currently on view in the exhibition “A LONG-DISTANCE CALL: SCENES FROM THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC” . The exhibition runs only until this Sunday, September 27 – so make sure to visit if you haven’t seen the show yet!
“A LONG-DISTANCE CALL: SCENES FROM THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC”
May 12, 2026 – September 27, 2026
Curated by .karin, Adrian Djukić and
Gabriele Münter, „Dame im Sessel, schreibend (Stenographie. Schweizerin in Pyjama)“, 1929, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, permanent loan from the Gabriele Münter- und Johannes Eichner-Stiftung, Munich,
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