At the Piano
Max Beckmann
1913
Medium
etching [proof] with wiping on thick velin
Dimensions
sheet: 44 x 30.3 cm (17 5/16 x 11 15/16 in.) plate: 11.5 x 8.5 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.164
About the Artist
Max Beckmann
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (1884-1950) stands as one of the most significant German painters of the twentieth century, a complex artist who bridged Expressionism and the New Objectivity while forging a deeply personal visual language. Born in Leipzig into a middle-class family, Beckmann's artistic journey spanned from academic classicism through the traumatic crucible of World War I to a mature s...