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Max Beckmann
Six lithographs from the New Testament1911

Not on view
Lithograph of a bearded man kneeling in a heavy coat, rendered in bold, gestural black crayon strokes against a loosely sketched wooded background
Lithograph with vigorous dark marks depicting two bearded men grasping each other in shallow water, one placing hands on the other's head. Several figures stand watching in the loosely sketched background.
Lithograph with vigorous cross-hatching; a lightly clad standing figure with bound wrists is flanked by two heavily draped figures in dark robes, with a fourth figure visible in the shadowed background.
Lithograph depicting a crowd of figures in loose, expressive charcoal-like marks; a darkly rendered bearded man seated at center gazes upward, surrounded by seated and standing figures rendered with varying degrees of detail, fading to sketchy outlines at the edges.
Lithograph depicting a group of figures seated around a long table beneath a hanging light, rendered in energetic black crayon strokes with strong contrasts between light and shadow.
Lithograph in black and white with vigorous, expressive mark-making; a cluster of figures huddled on the ground in the foreground, while a standing figure raises a staff overhead; a crucified figure glows in the shadowy background at upper left.
Artist or Maker
Max Beckmann
Title
Six lithographs from the New Testament
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1911
Medium
Six lithographs on Japan paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 22 3/4 x 16 5/16 in. (57.7 x 41.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.38a-f
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.
  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.