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Max Beckmann
Circus1946

Not on view
Lithograph with gestural black lines on cream paper, divided into two registers: a suited cyclist holding a bottle labeled 'MELK' above, and two reclining figures below, one beside a booklet reading 'VARIETE PROGRAM'

Max Beckmann, Circus, 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
Circus
Place Made
United States, New York
Date Made
1946
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 15 5/8 x 11 3/8 in. (39.69 x 28.89 cm) irregular; Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in. (40 x 30 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.287.6 L
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

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