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Sketch for "Death" and Two Unidentified Subjects

1929

Max Beckmann

Associated Names

Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

The image shows abstract sketches in light blue pencil on a sheet of paper. One sketch in the top left corner features a tall rectangle with vertical lines, circles, and wavy shapes. To the right, another sketch in the shape of a trapezoid contains abstract lines and shapes resembling characters. Below these, a larger rectangle is filled with swirling lines and bulbous forms that could be interpreted as a chaotic landscape or cloud-like figures.

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Artwork overview

Medium

green crayon on back of printed document dated: "Dresden, den 13.September 1928."
Credit Line

Given in memory of Frederick Zimmermann by his wife, Dorothy Zimmermann
Dimensions

overall: 39 x 28 cm (15 3/8 x 11 in.)
Accession Number

1985.18.18

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1976

Gopel 1976, 497 (drawing mentioned).

Inscriptions

Illegible inscriptions under images uLr & uRr; lower right below image: [der] Tod; upper right verso: Entwurf / Sept [19]29

Wikidata ID

Q64613798

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