Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

The Yawners (Die Gähnenden) from Faces (Gesichter)

Date:

(1918, published 1919)

Medium:

One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

Dimensions:

plate: 12 1/8 x 10 1/4" (30.8 x 26 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 1/2" (45 x 36.9 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, laid.

Publisher:

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

Printer:

Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich

Edition:

First edition, 1919: 100 (including 40 printed before steel-facing on "Japan" paper, and 60 printed after steel-facing on laid paper [this ex.]; plus 3 known state proofs and 5 known trial proofs; Posthumous edition, 1966: 110 (including 30 on "Japan" paper and 80 on wove paper)

Credit Line:

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Glaser 110. Gallwitz 100. Hofmaier 129 IV B b.

MoMA Number:

291.1951

Themes:

City Life

Techniques:

Intaglio