Beckmann Sketchbook 49
1938-1946
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sketchbook with 1 sketch in graphite and 1 sketch in pen and black ink; 61 blank pages; two pages of the artist's notations; and one page with a graphite test line. Sketchbook also has a charcoal impression from a (missing) sketch.
Dimensions
book: 30.8 x 24.2 x 8 cm (12 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.23.1-2
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...