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Max Beckmann
Draft for "The Prisoners"circa 1910

Not on view
Gestural brown ink and wash drawing on cream paper, group of roughly seven nude and semi-clothed figures standing, seated, and reclining, with loose energetic linework and dark wash background
Artist or Maker
Max Beckmann
Germany, also active Netherlands and United States,1884-1950
Title
Draft for "The Prisoners"
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1910
Medium
Brown ink on wove paper
Dimensions
4 5/16 x 4 15/16 in. (10.8 x 12.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by the Ducommun and Gross Acquisition Fund, and the Twentieth Century Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
AC1992.237.6
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1884-1950). Kate Steinitz. [Zeitlin & Ver Brugge]; sold in 1974 to Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1992 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Roth, Lynette. Max Beckmann at the Saint Louis Art Museum: The Paintings. Saint Louis: Saint Louis Art Museum, 2018.