Unfinished woodblock carving for Self-Portrait with Naila as Circus Performers Holding Masks and Reclining on a Sea Monster

c. 1923

Max Beckmann

Associated Names
Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Crayon and ink on partially carved wood block (unfinished matrix for a woodcut print)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50 x 39.3 cm (19 11/16 x 15 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.64.21

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Max Beckman, Peoria, gift to NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2011

  • Beckmann & America. Städel Museum, Frankfurt, 2011, no. 97 (color repro.)(entry by Jutta Schütt).

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Inscriptions

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64609191

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