Before the Masked Ball, Max Beckmann

Six characters in a small room, with a bored expression, are waiting for the masquerade ball, a social event where guests go dressed in costumes and with their faces covered.
There is no information about this work from the artist himself, but it has several typical features of Beckmann's works, namely:

Caricatured style, appealing and immersive colors, perplexing expressions, tense atmosphere, mysterious characters, and anxiety in the environment.