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Max Beckmann
Day and Dream1946

Not on view
Lithograph portrait of a man in a dark flat cap, chest-up, rendered in dense black cross-hatching, holding a cigarette to his chin and looking directly at the viewer
Lithograph with loose, sketchy linework depicting two large birds perched on a rod in the lower left, and a nude female figure with flowing hair riding aloft and holding a long spear or lance in the upper right, against a spare white background.
Ink drawing of two intertwined nude figures rendered with expressive crosshatching and fluid contour lines, limbs overlapping in a compressed, ambiguous composition against a white ground.
Line drawing with fluid ink strokes depicting two figures in dynamic movement; a woman in a flowing gown with one arm raised and a man in a formal coat, with a third figure and architectural elements in the background.
Lithograph of a crouching nude figure, rendered in dense cross-hatching and gestural line work, with bold black areas at upper center and lower left against a white ground.
Pen and ink drawing with energetic cross-hatching, depicting three figures in an interior scene. At left, a standing figure holds a utensil over a plate on a table; a second figure with curly hair leans forward in the center; a third figure sits to the right, partially framed by a doorway or mirror.
Pen and ink drawing of a stylized head and shoulders, wearing a tall flat-topped hat with a decorative band and spiral ornament. Dense crosshatching defines the face and neck, with loosely sketched hair and collar below.
Black and white lithograph depicting two figures rendered in expressive, gestural linework: a semi-nude seated female figure at left holding a thin implement, and a masked or helmeted figure at right, both set against fragmented angular forms suggesting wings or architectural elements.
Ink drawing of a horned goat standing on a bucket beside a robed, hooded figure with one arm raised, rendered in loose expressive linework with crosshatching on a white background.
Black and white line drawing divided into two registers: above, a reclining figure inside a boat or cart with text reading "I COME BACK" on its side, surrounded by organic and skeletal forms; below, multiple skeletal or ghostly figures amid wheels and dense crosshatching.
Black ink print with energetic line work; in the foreground, a heavyset woman in a dark bodice and stockings leans forward to pull on a boot; in the background, a seated figure holds a stringed instrument; scattered shoes and a horseshoe on the floor.
Lithograph with loose, expressive linework depicting multiple figures across two registers. Upper left: a suited man riding a bicycle carrying a bag labeled "MILK"; upper right: a crouching figure with an animal-like head. Lower section: two reclining figures, one holding a booklet labeled "VARIETE PROGRAM."
Pen and ink drawing of an artist's studio interior, with a large tilted canvas on an easel, a small standing nude figure atop a table surface, and stacked framed artworks on the floor, rendered in loose cross-hatched linework.
Black and white print with energetic, gestural linework depicting multiple distorted human figures and a serpentine form intertwined in a dense, dynamic composition against heavily hatched dark background.
Lithograph depicting two figures in close proximity: a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns faces forward with downcast eyes, while a second clean-shaven man in profile faces him. Loose, expressive crayon lines with heavy cross-hatching. Edition number and signature visible in pencil below.

Max Beckmann, Self-Portrait, 1946, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Max Beckmann
Title
Day and Dream
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1946
Medium
Fifteen lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions
See individual entries
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.287.6a-o
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Gallwitz, Klaus. Die Druckgraphik: Radierungen, Lithographien, Holzschnitte. Katalogbearbeitung und Gesamtredaktion, Klaus Gallwitz. Hrsg. vom Badischer Kunstverein. Karlsruhe: Badischer Kunstverein, 1962.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn