Beckmann Sketchbook 51
1944-1949
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sketchbook with 28 sketches in graphite, pen and black ink, and blue ball-point pen; 21 blank pages including a half sheet, and at least 1.5 missing sheets.
Dimensions
book: 20.7 x 16.3 x 1 cm (8 1/8 x 6 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.38.1-28
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...