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René Beeh
Strindberg: Inferno1920

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Lithograph of two men in hats seated at a round table with bottles, rendered in loose black gestural strokes, with a building sketched in the distance
Lithograph depicting a group of six figures gathered around a table, rendered in loose, expressive black marks on white paper. Two standing figures appear in the upper background; three others in the middle ground pass or hold round plates; a seventh figure leans forward in the foreground.
Lithograph in black and white depicting a dense crowd of figures with expressive faces in the foreground and larger standing figures above, set against angular building forms, rendered with bold gestural marks and strong tonal contrasts.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing in black and white; three figures in the foreground stand close together before blocky urban buildings, rendered with bold, gestural strokes and heavy contrast.
Lithograph depicting a tightly clustered group of five figures rendered in bold black and white with expressive, gestural marks. The figures overlap and merge into a dense central mass, several holding round objects, against a white background.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing of four figures in caps gathered around a table with a bottle and glasses, rendered in loose, gestural black marks on white paper.
Lithograph with loose, gestural draftsmanship depicting three figures outside a café, the word "CAFE" visible on a sign above. A hatted figure sits in the foreground left, a standing figure reaches toward the center, and a third figure appears at right. Bold black mark-making with heavy contrasts.
Lithograph with bold, gestural marks depicting multiple figures arranged in two registers: upper section shows seated figures near architectural forms, lower section shows a dense cluster of faces and figures in close proximity, executed in black with vigorous, expressive line work.
Lithograph with expressive black gestural marks on white paper, depicting a dense cluster of figures and animal forms, including a horse's head at center and a human face at left, rendered with vigorous, roughly textured strokes.
Lithograph in black and white with expressive, gestural mark-making; a uniformed figure wearing a peaked cap sits amid large chains and swirling organic forms, with a second figure visible in the upper right.
Charcoal or ink drawing of a seated figure rendered in loose, gestural marks; the figure faces forward with hands resting in the lap, surrounded by bold hatched strokes suggesting an interior setting.
Lithograph in black and white; a figure crouches in a doorway framed by angular, heavily shadowed door panels, rendered with vigorous, gestural mark-making.
Lithograph in black and white, viewed from above: a seated figure with long hair seen from behind, framed by a receding doorway or window, with vigorous hatched mark-making throughout.
Lithograph or charcoal drawing of a seated male figure surrounded by two ladder-like rectangular forms, rendered in loose, gestural black marks on white paper.
Lithograph with loose, gestural mark-making in black on white; a dark standing figure faces an angular interior space with window-like forms, surrounded by energetic cross-hatched lines.
Lithograph with loose, expressive mark-making in black on white paper; a hatted adult figure seen from behind faces a small child, with diagonal tree forms in the upper right
Lithograph with bold, gestural charcoal-like marks depicting multiple figures across fragmented interior spaces. Scenes include a figure leaning over a crib, a crouching child, a hunched figure at lower right, and a standing figure at upper right, connected by angular architectural elements suggesting doorframes and stairwells.
Lithograph in black and white with expressive, gestural marks depicting two horses and angular architectural forms, with building outlines visible in the upper background against dark, sweeping tonal areas.
Lithograph in black and white with bold, gestural marks; a standing nude figure at right faces a compressed jumble of angular buildings above, with a bird sketched at lower left.
Artist or Maker
René Beeh
Title
Strindberg: Inferno
Place Made
Germany, Munich
Date Made
1920
Medium
Twenty lithographs on Perfecta paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 20 1/4 x 14 15/16 in. (51.4 x 37.9 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
83.1.27a-t
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.