At a large oval mirror, a woman is seen from behind, bare-shouldered, a white garment lowered about her back; her reflection returns her face and front. The two are juxtaposed within the frame: the back turned away at right, and at left the reflected face turned toward the camera, the gaze directed out of the frame. The oval frame holds them together. A panelled door and framed pictures behind the reflection give a shallow interior depth. Light from the left falls on the bare back and shoulder, the brightest area of the print, while the reflected face sits in a lower, softer register. Contrast is moderate. The sitter is Martha, the photographer’s wife.

Technical Details: Likely a gelatin silver print with soft pictorialist handling, on cream mount card. The title «I Speilet» appears at lower left, with Olaf Christoffersen's signature and the date 1922 at lower right.

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