Self-Portrait with Housegable / Max Beckmann

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Accession Number
1948/2.21
Title
Self-Portrait with Housegable
Artist
Max Beckmann
Artist Nationality
German
Artist Life Dates
1884-1950
Medium and Support
drypoint on wove paper
Object Creation Date
1918
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
Germany (nation)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
Germany (nation)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Style/Group/Movement
German Expressionist
Inscription
Signed: in pencil, Beckmann (German script), l.r.; numbered in pencil, l.l.: 25/30
Dimensions
53.34 cm x 38.1 cm (21 in. x 15 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Physical Description
Bust-length self-portrait with housegable visible at left.
Subject Matter
One in a series of self-portraits Beckmann produced between 1918 and 1923 in which he explored a variety of guises and demeanors all intended to be reflective of what he considered the emotion and theatricality of life. Here we see Beckmann's use of the hard lines of the drypoint in the pursed lips, stern gaze, and direct frontal pose reflective of his stoic demeanor at the end of World War I.
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Image Size
963 x 1357
File Size
112 KB
Record
1948/2.21
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"Self-Portrait with Housegable; Max Beckmann." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-2.21/1948_2.21.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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