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