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Triptych

1946

Max Beckmann

Associated Names

Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

This is a drawing of abstract figures on lined notebook paper. The composition is divided into panels featuring different shapes and figures outlined in blue pen. Each panel contains unique abstract forms. The left panel shows a large figure, the center panel has various shapes around a smaller figure with the text "Hoofddoel Leven", and the right panel displays multiple heads and cylindrical shapes. Scribbles and notes are scattered throughout the image.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and blue-black ink on paper with printed lines
Credit Line

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

overall: 20.8 x 26.2 cm (8 3/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Accession Number

1985.18.21

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2007

Max Beckmann, Exile in Amsterdam. Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2007, 324-326, no. 81, repro.

Bibliography

2007

Max Beckmann: Exile in Amsterdam. Exh. cat. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2007: 324-326, no. 81.

Inscriptions

lower right below image in black ink: L[...?] / 29. Mai 46. La[...]; illegible inscriptions in ink and graphite elsewhere on recto

Wikidata ID

Q64613818

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