Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)

The Grenade (Die Granate)

Date:

(1915, published 1918)

Medium:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

plate: 15 5/16 x 11 3/8" (38.9 x 28.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 21 1/4 x 17 11/16" (54 x 45 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove "japan".

Publisher:

Paul Cassirer, Berlin

Printer:

probably Pan-Presse, Berlin

Edition:

20

Credit Line:

Mary Ellen Meehan Fund, Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund, and Frances Keech Fund

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Glaser 78. Gallwitz 62. Hofmaier 80 III B.

MoMA Number:

12.1996

Themes:

Death, War

Techniques:

Intaglio