Beckmann Sketchbook 50
1943-1947
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sketchbook with 23 sketches (including one on inside front cover) in graphite, pen and black, brown, and gray ink on lined paper; 4 sheets of writing and calculations; 23 blank page; four sheets are missing.
Dimensions
book: 24.2 x 18 x 5 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.27.1-22
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...