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The Carousel (Das Karussell)
192120 3/4 x 15 in. (52.7 x 38.1 cm)
Max Beckmann
Germany (1884 - 1950)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Drypoint
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1985.4
Location: Not currently on view
Plate 7 of "Jahrmarkt" portfolio ("Annual Fair"), a group of ten drypoints issued in an edition of 125.
In 1914, Max Beckmann enlisted in the military at the outbreak of World War I; by 1915 he was discharged due to a nervous breakdown. Much of Beckmann's post-war work was affected by the trauma of his experience, and seemingly innocuous subject matter took on an ominous feel, often reading as an allegory of the inhumanity in the world. In "The Carousel," for example, his use of visual compression, violent angularity, and distorted perspective heighten a sense of frantic movement. Grotesque and indifferent adults, rather than children, whirl about this "wheel of life," while Beckmann, seated at the lower left, grimaces over his shoulder.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
In 1914, Max Beckmann enlisted in the military at the outbreak of World War I; by 1915 he was discharged due to a nervous breakdown. Much of Beckmann's post-war work was affected by the trauma of his experience, and seemingly innocuous subject matter took on an ominous feel, often reading as an allegory of the inhumanity in the world. In "The Carousel," for example, his use of visual compression, violent angularity, and distorted perspective heighten a sense of frantic movement. Grotesque and indifferent adults, rather than children, whirl about this "wheel of life," while Beckmann, seated at the lower left, grimaces over his shoulder.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
Bibliography
General references to this print in James Hofmaier's "Max Beckmann: Catalogue Raisonne of his Prints," Bern, Galerie Kornfeld, 1990, vol. 2, as cat. 197; "Max Beckmann: Druckgraphik 1914-1924," Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, 2005, as cat. 87, p. 177.
Provenance
Tobey C. Moss, Los Angeles, California (dealer); purchased from him by the Gallery in 1985
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- German Expressionism: Art in the Age of Turbulence 8/3/2007 - 10/28/2007
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Barryte, Bernard. Article Title: European Prints and Drawings: Selected Acquisitions, 1985-1988. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Issue Date: September-October 1988. Page Number: 4
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