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Max Beckmann
The return of Eurydice, in three cantos1909

Not on view
Lithograph or crayon print of a stormy cloud mass over a sparse open plain, with three small dark figures in the lower portion, bold gestural strokes throughout
Charcoal or chalk drawing with loose, energetic strokes depicting a vast interior space; two small figures stand near a low platform at center, dwarfed by sweeping diagonal marks suggesting high walls or draped fabric; clustered forms at right and a sketched horizontal shape in the foreground.
Lithograph in black and white depicting two figures in close proximity, rendered with dense, gestural mark-making against a backdrop of heavy draped curtains; a bright light source glows at upper center, creating sharp contrast with the surrounding dark forms.
Artist or Maker
Max Beckmann
Title
The return of Eurydice, in three cantos
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1909
Medium
Printed material and nine lithographs on Strathmore Japan paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 1/4 × 8 5/8 × 5/8 in. (26.04 × 21.91 × 1.59 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
83.1.734a-i
Classification
Books
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.