The Dancers by Max Beckmann

Art work details

Original Title :

Tanzende

Year of production :

1922

Artist:

Max Beckmann

Medium :

Original print, Woodcut

Materials:

Ink, Paper

Dimensions :

sheet height: 29.0 cms; sheet width: 21.1 cms

Credit Line :

Purchased from Mrs Margaret Fisher

Copyright :

© DACS 2013.

Catalogue References:

Glaser 202. Gallwitz 197. Hofmaier 228 B a. Rifkind 144. Söhn 117-2.

Tags:

Weimar Republic, Relationships, Woodcut, Beckmann

No 2. of the “Ganymed-Mappe” portfolio of prints by German artists, published in 1922.

Beckmann moves away from the sharper, cynical view of the world seen in many of his other prints, to show a softer side. The dancing couple, typical of thousands of others who enjoyed the jazz night-clubs and bars of Weimar Germany are lost in the music, oblivious to their surroundings. Their embrace, with heads held close forms a pleasing visual whole.