THE COLLECTION
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)
Embrace (Umarmung)
- Date:
- (1922)
- Medium:
- Drypoint
- Dimensions:
- plate: 16 3/4 x 10 1/4" (42.6 x 26 cm); sheet (irreg.): 22 1/8 x 18 1/2" (56.2 x 47 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- R. Piper & Co., Munich
- Printer:
- unknown
- Edition:
- One of 3 known trial proofs before the edition of 150 (including 50 on "Japan" paper, and 100 on wove paper); plus 3 known state proofs
- Credit Line:
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund (by exchange)
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Glaser 210. Gallwitz 206. Hofmaier 236 IV A.
- MoMA Number:
- 50.1955
- Themes:
- City Life, Sex
- Techniques:
- Intaglio