THE COLLECTION
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)
The Departure of Orpheus from his Mother (Abschied Orpheus' von der Mutter) from the illustrated book Eurydikes Wiederkehr, Drei Gesänge (The Return of Eurydice, Three Cantos)
- Author:
- Johannes Guthmann
- Date:
- (1909)
- Medium:
- Lithograph
- Dimensions:
- composition (irreg.): 7 11/16 x 6 3/4" (19.6 x 17.2 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 8 3/16" (25 x 20.8 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove "japan" (Strathmore).
- Publisher:
- Pan-Presse (Verlag Paul Cassirer), Berlin
- Printer:
- Pan-Presse, Berlin
- Edition:
- 60 (including 25 on Japan paper, and 35 on "japan" paper (Strathmore) [this ex.]); plus 4 known state proofs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of J. B. Neumann
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Glaser 3. Gallwitz 3 (3). Hofmaier 10 II b. Rifkind 123 3. Feilchenfeldt-Brandis 84.0.B
- MoMA Number:
- 8.1932
- Themes:
- Literary Subjects
- Techniques:
- Lithography