The Tight Rope Walkers (Die Seiltänzer)

1921

Max Beckmann

Associated Names
Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

The image depicts intersecting lines and shapes with a large circular form filled with wedges of diagonal lines. The composition appears abstract with fantastical elements. One figure is wrapped in bandages with exaggerated features, while another is a hooded figure holding a striped pole. There are abstract connections to what may resemble ferris wheels or mechanical structures. The figures stand on a gridded platform resembling intertwined paths or scaffolding.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Heller Foundation

  • Accession Number

    1967.11.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hofmaier 1990, no. 198, State A (trial proof)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1962

  • Gallwitz, Klaus. Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Radierungen, Lithographien, Holzschnitte. Karlsruhe: Badischer Kunstverein, 1962.

1990

  • Hofmaier, James. Max Beckmann, Catalogue raisonné of his Prints. 2 vols. Bern: Gallery Kornfeld, 1990.

Wikidata ID

Q65511332

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