Artist
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)German, 1884–1950
CultureGerman
Titles
- Selbstbildnis mit Griffel (Self-Portrait with Stylus), Plate 19
- from the portfolio Gesichter (Faces)
Date1917, published 1919
PlaceGermany
MediumDrypoint on Kozo paper
DimensionsPlate: 11 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (29.2 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/8 × 13 1/8 in. (43.5 × 33.3 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/8 × 13 1/8 in. (43.5 × 33.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2006.1337
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"Me. My. Self. Eye. ; Modern and Contemporary Self-Portraits from the MFAH Department of Prints and Drawings," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Lower Brown Corridor, May 17-September 20, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed and dated in graphite, lower left: Selbstporträit 1917
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right: Beckmann
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right: Beckmann
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right: Beckmann
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Catalogue raisonnéHofmaier 105 II (probably B, as possible 1916), Maas (as 1916)
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