Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

Wrestlers (Die Ringer) from the portfolio New European Graphics, 5th Portfolio: German Artists, 1921 (Neue Europäische Graphik, 5. Mappe: Deutsche Künstler, 1921)

Date:

(1921, published 1923)

Medium:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

plate: 8 1/8 x 5 13/16" (20.6 x 14.7 cm); sheet: 10 7/8 x 7 13/16" (27.7 x 19.8 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Müller & Co. Verlag, Potsdam

Printer:

Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar

Edition:

approx. 145 (110; including a deluxe edition of 10 on Japan and a regular edition of 100 on various German papers [this ex.]); plus 20 artist's proofs; 5 additional proofs; plus 9 known trial proofs

Credit Line:

Gift of Weyhe Gallery

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Glaser 176. Gallwitz 173. Hofmaier 201 B b. Söhn 105-1.

MoMA Number:

83.1952

Themes:

Dance & Leisure

Techniques:

Intaglio