Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

Self-Portrait in Bowler Hat (Selbstbildnis mit steifem Hut)

Date:

1921

Medium:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

plate: 12 5/16 x 9 5/8" (31.3 x 24.4 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 3/4" (44.5 x 32.4 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, laid (Roemerturm "Antique").

Publisher:

J. B. Neumann, Berlin

Printer:

The artist

Edition:

First edition, probably before April 1921: approx. 50, plus 4 known state proofs [this ex. state I] and 5 known trial proofs; Second edition, not before 1922: approx. 50, plus 1 known trial proof

Credit Line:

Given anonymously

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Glaser 157. Gallwitz 153 a. Hofmaier 180 I.

MoMA Number:

500.1942

Themes:

Portraits

Techniques:

Intaglio