Beckmann Sketchbook 35
1923-1924
Medium
perforated sketchbook with 7 sketches in graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
book: 12.5 x 21 x 7 cm (4 15/16 x 8 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.43.1-7
Art Historical Context
**Beckmann Sketchbook 35** (1923–1924) offers an intimate glimpse into the creative mind of Max Beckmann, one of the 20th century's most compelling German Expressionist artists. This perforated sketchbook, containing seven graphite sketches on wove paper, measures a portable 12.5 × 21 × 7 cm, perfect for an artist on the move. Donated to the National Gallery of Art by Mrs. Max Beckmann, it now resides in the museum's CG-W department, classified as a volume that preserves Beckmann's raw, exploratory drawings. Created during the turbulent Weimar Republic years, amid Germany's post-World War I e...
About the Artist
Max Beckmann
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (1884-1950) stands as one of the most significant German painters of the twentieth century, a complex artist who bridged Expressionism and the New Objectivity while forging a deeply personal visual language. Born in Leipzig into a middle-class family, Beckmann's artistic journey spanned from academic classicism through the traumatic crucible of World War I to a mature s...