Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

Illustration for Chapter Two (Illustration zu Kapitel Zwei) from Die Fürstin (The Duchess)

Date:

(1917, published 1918)

Medium:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

Plate: 7 3/8 x 5 1/16" (18.8 x 12.8 cm); sheet: 10 7/16 x 7 13/16" (26.5 x 19.9 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, wove (Zanders).

Publisher:

Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer, Weimar

Printer:

Carl Sabo, Berlin

Edition:

500; plus 3 known state proofs

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Bertha M. Slattery

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Reference:

Glaser 101 (3). Gallwitz 89 (3). Hofmaier 113 III B. Rifkind 132-3.

MoMA Number:

209.1952

Themes:

Literary Subjects, Nude, Sex

Techniques:

Intaglio