At the Piano

1913

Max Beckmann

Associated Names
Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

The image shows an artistic depiction featuring two individuals with their backs partially turned facing the viewer, shown from the waist up. The first person on the left has indistinct facial features and longer hair tied in a bun. The person on the right also has indistinct facial features and shorter hair. Both individuals are wearing textured clothing. There are no visible accessories or objects being held by the individuals. The background features a grid-like pattern in hatching. The overall scene is in monochrome, consistent with a sketch or etching, conveying a sense of subdued activity or conversation between the two figures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [proof] with wiping on thick velin

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 44 x 30.3 cm (17 5/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
    plate: 11.5 x 8.5 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.164

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hofmaier 1990, no. 59A, State undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hom Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C.(Lugt 4739), purchased March 30, 1991; gift to NGA 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1990

  • Hofmaier, James. Max Beckmann, Catalogue raisonné of his Prints. 2 vols. Bern: Gallery Kornfeld, 1990, no. 59A.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right under plate, in graphite: Beckmann 13; by artist, lower left under plate, in graphite: Probedruck; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: Gallwitz 41; by later hand, verso lower right, in graphite: MB3428

Markings

stamp, verso center, in black ink: R

Wikidata ID

Q76556257

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