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Adam und Eva

Max Beckmann, 1917

Courtesy Glasgow University Library

The primitive-looking Biblical figures in this drypoint print reflect Max Beckmann’s dark experience as a medical orderly in the First World War. It is now regarded as a key image of his period of mental breakdown. Beckmann was later declared a ‘degenerate artist’ by the Nazi regime and emigrated first to Holland, and later to the USA.

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Title of artwork, date

Adam und Eva, 1917

Date supported

2015

Medium and material

drypoint on paper

Dimensions

23.7 × 17.6cm

Grant

3277

Total cost

6554

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