THE COLLECTION
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)
Group Portrait, Eden Bar (Gruppenbildnis Edenbar)
- Date:
- (1923)
- Medium:
- Woodcut
- Dimensions:
- composition (irreg.): 19 1/2 x 19 7/16" (49.5 x 49.3 cm); sheet: 23 5/8 x 27 11/16" (60 x 70.3 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- J. B. Neumann, Berlin
- Printer:
- Fritz Voigt, Berlin
- Edition:
- One of 4 known trial proofs before the edition of 40; plus 1 state proof
- Credit Line:
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Gallwitz 261 a. Hofmaier 277 A.
- MoMA Number:
- 15.1948
- Themes:
- City Life, Dance & Leisure, Portraits
- Techniques:
- Woodcut
German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
March 27–July 11, 2011
The bar in the Hotel Eden was a popular meeting place for Berlin's artistic and literary crowd in the 1920s. Tightly compressed into this angular composition, the patrons stare away from each other blankly, reflecting the alienation Beckmann perceived in Berlin's café society.