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Reclining Female

1947

Max Beckmann

Associated Names

Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

The image is an illustration of a person in a kneeling pose with their head turned to the side. The person has short curly hair and is wearing a short-sleeved garment with eye and abstract shapes design in greens and blues. The background is a textured surface with red hues, and the illustration is on grid-lined paper.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and blue ink with watercolor over graphite on graph paper with blue lines
Credit Line

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

overall: 14.7 x 21 cm (5 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1985.18.25

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Beckmann / 1.47; lower right verso in black ink: Beckmann; in other hand, lower right verso in graphite: Nice / IV.47

Wikidata ID

Q64613825

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