Portrait of Zeretelli II / Max Beckmann
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.185
- Title
- Portrait of Zeretelli II
- Artist
- Max Beckmann
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884-1950
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1923
- 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 Expressionism
- Inscription
- Signed, with Inscription (in German script): Beckmann/Zeretelli(Probedruck)/für Frau Prof Glaser/mit herzlichen Dank und Grusz
- Dimensions
- 24.8 cm x 16.2 cm (9 3/4 in. x 6 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- transfer lithograph
- Physical Description
- Print featuring the head of a Caucasian man with short dark hair. Text written along a diagonal in lower right.
- Subject Matter
- Nikolai Zeretelli (also Tseretelli) was a Georgian actor who toured Europe with numerous modernist theatre productions in the twenties. Judging from the sly, sideways glance and the warm, wry smile that Max Beckmann gives the actor in this portrait, the artist must have found Zeretelli an intriguing character.
- This lithograph shows Beckmann at the peak of his printmaking skills. Of the 374 prints that he created throughout his life, one third come from the brief period between 1922 and 1923. Always concerned with the representation of volume and mass in space, he achieves the desired effect here with delicate shading and a few fine lines that reveal his mastery of lithography.
- Secondary Keywords
- european
- european styles and periods
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 901 x 1101
- File Size
- 98 KB
- Record
- 1949/1.185
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.185/1949_1.185.jpg
Rights and Permissions
Related Links
Portfolios
Cite this Item
View the Help Guide for more information.
- Full citation
-
"Portrait of Zeretelli II; Max Beckmann." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.185/1949_1.185.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
