Day and Dream (Tag und Traum)

Max Beckmann

published 1946

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Medium

portfolio w/ 15 lithographs plus 1 lithograph (Still Life with Globe) on wrapper; title page, table of contents, & colophon on folded single sheet

Dimensions

Overall (each sheet): 40 x 30 cm (15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.) accessory size: 41.5 x 33 cm (16 5/16 x 13 in.)

Classification

Portfolio

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann

Accession Number

1984.64.68-82

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...

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