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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.196
People
Max Beckmann, German (Leipzig, Germany 1884 - 1950 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
The Tightrope Walkers, from the portfolio "Annual Fair"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Die Seiltänzer, aus "Jahrmarkt"
Series/Book Title: Jahrmarkt
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1921
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188054

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drypoint printed in black ink on pink Japanese paper
Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 25.9 x 25.4 cm (10 3/16 x 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: signed, dated in graphite at l.r.: Beckmann 21
  • inscription: l.l., below platemark, graphite, in artist's hand: Seiltänzer (Probedruck für R.P.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lafayette Park Gallery, New York, NY.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hofmaier 198, Glaser 173, Gallwitz 170

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Suzanne and Frederic Weinstein in memory of Gloria Weinstein (Sister Theophila)
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.196
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions from the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Central and Northern Art and Design from 1880 to the Present, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 04/19/2000 - 07/09/2000

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