Unfinished woodblock carving for Self-Portrait with Naila as Circus Performers Holding Masks and Reclining on a Sea Monster
c. 1923
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Crayon and ink on partially carved wood block (unfinished matrix for a woodcut print)
Dimensions
overall: 50 x 39.3 cm (19 11/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.21
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...