Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

Portrait of Reinhard Piper (Bildnis Reinhard Piper)

Date:

(1920, published c. 1921)

Medium:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

plate: 11 13/16 x 5 13/16" (30 x 14.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 11 7/16" (46.3 x 29 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, laid (Van Gelder).

Publisher:

R. Piper & Co., Munich

Printer:

Franz Hanfstaengl, Munich

Edition:

158 (including 8 hors-commerce proofs on thin, orange or blue-green "Japan" paper; 50 on "Japan" paper, and 100 on laid paper [this ex.]); plus 1 known state proof and 5 known trial proofs

Credit Line:

Gift of Samuel A. Berger

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Glaser 140. Gallwitz 134. Hofmaier 163 II B e. Rifkind 134.

MoMA Number:

297.1954

Themes:

Literary Subjects, Portraits

Techniques:

Intaglio