Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

Orpheus before Pluto and Proserpina (Orpheus vor Pluto und Proserpina) from the illustrated book Eurydikes Wiederkehr, Drei Gesänge (The Return of Eurydice, Three Cantos)

Author:

Johannes Guthmann

Date:

(1909)

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

composition: 7 15/16 x 6 11/16" (20.1 x 17 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 8 1/8" (24.9 x 20.7 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove, "japan" (Strathmore).

Publisher:

Pan-Presse (Verlag Paul Cassirer)

Printer:

Pan-Presse, Berlin

Edition:

60 (including 25 on Japan paper, and 35 on "japan" paper (Strathmore) [this ex.]); plus 1 known trial proof

Credit Line:

Gift of J. B. Neumann

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Glaser 5. Gallwitz 3 (5). Hofmaier 12 II b. Rifkind 123 5. Feilchenfeldt-Brandis 84.0.B

MoMA Number:

7.1932

Themes:

Literary Subjects

Techniques:

Lithography