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Max Beckmann

The Merry-Go-Round, 1922

Description

Maker

  • Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl, ca. 1922, printer
  • Marèes-Gesellschaft, publisher
  • R. Piper and Co., ca. 1922, German, publisher
  • Max Beckmann, 1884-1950, German

Title

The Merry-Go-Round

Year

1922

Medium

Etching and drypoint on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • drypoint

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

54.6 x 40.6 cm (21 1/2 x 16 inches) (mount)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--signed in pencil by artist

Identification

Edition

105/200

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

53.117.7

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Dreams and Nightmares

November 5, 2004 - January 23, 2005

Whereas August Sander photographed circus people as distinct social types, Max Beckmann identified with their position as outsiders. The Fair portfolio opens with a portrait of Beckmann as a barker, rounding up customers for the “Circus Beckmann.” Self-portraits are scattered throughout the portfolio, in which the fair is a metaphor for the marketplace of life. In The Tall Man, the artist is represented twice: as a spectator in the left corner and as the sideshow freak, presented to the audience by a caricature of Beckmann’s publisher, I.B. Neumann. The fairground ride at the back is labeled “Panopticum,” a comment on the visual display of the artist. Even The Tightrope Walkers depicts the artist, a mysterious sheeted figure precariously balancing as he steps towards his first wife, Minna.

German Expressionist Prints and Drawings

June 20 - August 16, 1986

Contemporary Prints

June 9 - December 11, 1953

Related

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Max Beckmann, designer

The Annual Fair (Jahrmarkt), 1922

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