THE COLLECTION
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)
Morgue (Das Leichenhaus)
- Date:
- 1915 (published 1918)
- Medium:
- Drypoint
- Dimensions:
- plate: 10 1/8 x 14 1/16" (25.7 x 35.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 14 11/16 x 21 1/4" (37.3 x 54 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove Japan.
- Publisher:
- Paul Cassirer, Berlin
- Printer:
- probably Pan-Presse, Berlin
- Edition:
- one of 9 known state proofs before the edition of 20; plus 1 known trial proof
- Credit Line:
- Purchase
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Glaser 75. Gallwitz 59. Hofmaier 83 III.
- MoMA Number:
- 589.1956
- Themes:
- Death
- Techniques:
- Intaglio