Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

Self-Portrait with Stylus (Selbstbildnis mit Griffel) from Faces (Gesichter)

Date:

(1916-17, published 1919)

Medium:

One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

Dimensions:

plate: 11 3/4 x 9 3/8" (29.8 x 23.8 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 14 5/8" (44.8 x 37.1 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 1 known state proof and 5 known trial proofs

Credit Line:

Gift of Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr.

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Glaser 82. Gallwitz 82 b. Hofmaier 105 II B b.

MoMA Number:

170.1951

Themes:

Portraits

Techniques:

Intaglio