THE COLLECTION
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)
Sleeping Couple (Schlafende)
- Date:
- (1917, published 1920)
- Medium:
- Drypoint
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 3/16 x 5 1/2" (18.3 x 14 cm); sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 5/16" (32.5 x 23.6 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove Japan.
- Publisher:
- Verlag Karl Lang, Darmstadt
- Printer:
- unknown
- Edition:
- 50 (including 10 on Japan paper [this ex.] and 40 on wove paper); plus 3 known state proofs
- Credit Line:
- Purchase
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Not in Glaser. Gallwitz 95 c. Hofmaier 123 IV A.
- MoMA Number:
- 555.1951
- Themes:
- City Life, Sex
- Techniques:
- Intaglio