Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

The Large Operation (Grosse Operation) from Faces (Gesichter)

Date:

(c. 1914, published 1919)

Medium:

One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

Dimensions:

plate: 11 3/4 x 17 1/2" (29.9 x 44.5 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 20 9/16" (37 x 52.2 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, laid.

Publisher:

Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., Munich

Printer:

Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich

Edition:

100 (including 40 printed before steel-facing on Japan paper, and 60 printed after steel-facing on laid paper [this ex.]); plus 10 known state proofs and 2 known trial proofs

Credit Line:

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Glaser 71. Gallwitz 55 c. Hofmaier 81 VI B b.

MoMA Number:

300.1951

Themes:

War

Techniques:

Intaglio