The Street

1916

Max Beckmann

Associated Names
Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

Max Beckmann

Printer, German, 1884 - 1950

Israel Ber Neumann

Publisher, German, 1887 - 1961

Five individuals are depicted from the waist up, with their gaze towards the center. On the left, a person is gesturing towards their face. Next to them, another person has a hat and glasses, holding an item. To the right, there are three individuals, each with distinct features. The figures wear coats or jackets and the background consists of intersecting dark lines, possibly representing a crowded space. A dog is present in the foreground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.7 x 44.4 cm (13 11/16 x 17 1/2 in.) [irregular]
    plate: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.165

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hofmaier 1990, no. 102, State x/xi (Ba)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lawrence E. Gichner, Washington, D.C.); Jacob Kainen [1909-2001], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4737), purchased September 24, 1973; Ruth Kainen, his wife; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1990

  • Hofmaier, James. Max Beckmann, Catalogue raisonné of his Prints. 2 vols. Bern: Gallery Kornfeld, 1990: no. 102, x/xi

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right under plate, in graphite: Beckmann; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: Strasse II Rad. 1916 midl; .BW; by later hand, lower right, in graphite: 500.; by later hand, verso upper right, in graphite: Fr. II / N

Markings

stamp, verso center, in black ink: JK

Watermarks

crowned heraldic shield with fleur-de-lis over VGL

Wikidata ID

Q76556259

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