THE COLLECTION
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)
Second Illustration for Chapter One (Zweite Illustration zu Kapitel Eins) from Die Fürstin (The Duchess)
- Date:
- (1917, published 1918)
- Medium:
- Drypoint
- Dimensions:
- plate: 7 1/16 x 5 1/2" (18 x 13.9 cm); sheet: 10 7/16 x 7 13/16" (26.5 x 19.9 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, slightly textured, wove.
- Publisher:
- Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer, Weimar
- Printer:
- Carl Sabo, Berlin, Berlin
- Edition:
- Book: 500 [this ex.]; plus 1 known state proof and 1 known trial proof
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Bertha M. Slattery
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Glaser 101 (2). Gallwitz 89 (2). Hofmaier 112 II B. Rifkind 132-2.
- MoMA Number:
- 208.1952
- Themes:
- Literary Subjects, Sex
- Techniques:
- Intaglio