Beckmann Sketchbook 18

1917-1920

Max Beckmann

Associated Names
Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

This is a photograph of a notebook cover. The image shows a brown cardboard cover with dark fabric or tape on the spine and corners. In the center, a rectangular piece of paper is taped with brown tape and has handwritten text in blue ink mentioning animals. The notebook has a simple appearance with textures and imperfections on the cardboard surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sketchbook with 32 sketches in graphite on pink, cream, green, and blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann

  • Dimensions

    book: 20 x 14.4 x 5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.64.65.1-32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zeiller/Presler 2010, 432-451

Associated Artworks

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The image displays swirling curved lines forming an abstract shape. The lines give the impression of continuous motion. Above the drawing, there is handwritten script in purple ink adding texture to the composition.

Löwenstudie, Notizen (Lion, Notation) [p. 1]

Max Beckmann

1884

This is a drawing of an animal figure. The sketch uses simple and minimalistic lines to depict an animal in a bent posture. The drawing is done using bold graphite with distinctive strokes highlighting the eyes and muzzle of the animal. The paper has a soft texture that enhances the hand-drawn aspect of the piece. The creature is presented in an abstract manner, capturing the essence of its form without excess detail.

Liegender Löwe (Lion Reclining) [p. 3]

Max Beckmann

1884

The image displays a series of free-flowing, curved lines drawn in a minimalist style, creating an abstract composition.

Begonnene Tierstudie (Unfinished Animal Study) [p. 5]

Max Beckmann

1884

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Max Beckmann, Peoria; gift to NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Max Beckmann: The World as a Stage, Kunsthalle Bremen; Museum Barberini, Potsdam, 2017.

Bibliography

2010

  • Zeiller, Christiane, Gerd Presler.Max Beckmann : die Skizzenbücher = the sketchbooks. II. Ostifildern, 2010: 432-451.

Inscriptions

in later hand, upper center in blue ink on cover label: mostly animals, / monkeys, lions and / hippopotamus, from the zoo + circus

Markings

Stamp in black ink on back cover: 1859 (over monogram, not deciphered)

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