Der Jahrmarkt. Der Ausrufer (Selbstbildnis)

Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950)

New Walk Museum and Art Gallery

1921

Originally produced as one of a series of drypoints in the portfolio Jahrmarkt or Fair. This work is an incisive and striking self-portrait study. Both in an artistic and psychological sense, Beckmann has placed himself at the heart of the fair, characterising himself as Der Anrufer, or circus-crier, cynically inviting new audiences to sample the world of the fair with its seedy, violent undertones.

• Medium: drypoint on paper
• Dimensions: 54.5 x 38.4cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1755 ( Total: £7,021)
• ArtFunded in: 2002
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

Paul Beck collection, Germany.

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