Dressing Room by Max Beckmann

Art work details

Original Title :

Garderobe

Year of production :

1922

Artist:

Max Beckmann

Medium :

Original print, Drypoint, Etching

Materials:

Ink, Paper

Dimensions :

plate height: 20.5 cms; plate width: 15.5 cms

Credit Line :

Purchased from Mrs Margaret Fisher

Copyright :

© DACS 2013.

Catalogue References:

Glaser 167. Gallwitz 164. Hofmaier 192 B b. Rifkind 138 2.

Tags:

Weimar Republic, Beckmann, Drypoint

Plate 2 of The Fair, a series of ten drypoints published by Maier-Graefe and Reinhard Piper in 1922.

In a cramped interior, two performers apply their make-up, having to share the same tiny table and mirror. The expressions are a mixture of distortion and weariness, the mask of happiness slipping to reveal the grim reality of a life on the move.