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Der Jahrmarkt. Der Ausrufer (Selbstbildnis)

Max Beckmann, 1921

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester

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.

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Title of artwork, date

Der Jahrmarkt. Der Ausrufer (Selbstbildnis), 1921

Date supported

2002

Medium and material

Drypoint on paper

Dimensions

54.5 x 38.4 cm

Grant

1755

Total cost

7021

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