About the Artwork
The Merry-go-round
1921
Max Beckmann (Artist) German, 1884-1950 Franz Hanfstangel (Printer) Marees Gesellschaft (Publisher)
Drypoint printed in black ink on japan paper
Plate: 11 3/8 × 10 inches (28.9 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 20 3/4 × 14 3/4 inches (52.7 × 37.5 cm) Framed (size 2): 18 1/16 × 24 1/16 × 1 inches (45.9 × 61.1 × 2.5 cm)
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Bequest of Cleo K. Gruber in memory of Lester A. Gruber
F1985.49
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: Beckmann
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Figurative drystamp, lower right: Marees-Gesellschaft
Provenance
Cleo K. Gruber
1985-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Gallwitz, K. Max Beckmann: Die Druckgraphik. Karlsruhe, Germany, 1962, no. 169 (ill.).
Glaser, C. Max Beckmann. Munich, 1924, no. 172, p. 84.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Max Beckmann, The Merry-go-round, 1921, drypoint printed in black ink on japan paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Cleo K. Gruber in memory of Lester A. Gruber, F1985.49.
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