Drypoint. Signed and titled. One of 40 copies. On firm, creme Japan paper. 30.6 x 25.9 cm. Sheet: 47,5 x 33,3 cm.
Sheet 2 from the portfolio “Gesichter” (Faces). Printed by Franz Hanfstaengel, Munich. Published as the thirteenth print of the Marées Gesellschaft (with blind stamp), by R. Piper & Co., Munich, 1919. [MH].
- Max Beckmann's intimate view of family life. - Extremely detailed and elaborate composition. - The extraordinary artist Max Beckmann is internationally regarded as one of the most important protagonists of European Modernism.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, no. 127 B a (of B b). Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, no. 98.