Artworks · Max Beckmann

The Night, plate seven from Die Hölle

1919 · Transfer lithograph on tan imitation Japanese paper

Image: 55.4 × 69 cm (21 13/16 × 27 3/16 in.); Sheet: 61.2 × 87 cm (24 1/8 × 34 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Street, plate three from Die Hölle

1919 · Transfer lithograph on tan imitation Japanese paper

Image: 67.5 × 53.5 cm (26 5/8 × 21 1/8 in.); Sheet: 87 × 61 cm (34 5/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait, plate one from Die Hölle

1919 · Transfer lithograph on tan imitation Japanese paper laid down on the cover board of he portfolio

Image: 63.2 × 41.8 cm (24 15/16 × 16 1/2 in.); Sheet: 88.3 × 64 cm (34 13/16 × 25 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Large Self-Portrait (Grosses Selbstbildnis)

1919 · Drypoint

plate: 9 3/8 x 7 3/4" (23.8 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 x 14" (44 x 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Night (plate 7) [Die Nacht (Blatt 7)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 21 7/8 x 27 9/16" (55.5 x 70 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 x 34 5/16" (61.4 x 87.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Way Home (plate 2) [Der Nachhauseweg (Blatt 2)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 28 15/16 x 19 1/8" (73.5 x 48.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 34 3/8 x 24 1/8" (87.3 x 61.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Family (plate 11) [Die Familie (Blatt 11)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 29 15/16 x 18 1/4" (76 x 46.3 cm); sheet: 34 1/16 x 24" (86.5 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Last Ones (plate 10) [Die Letzten (Blatt 10)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 26 3/8 x 18 3/4" (67 x 47.6 cm); sheet: 34 3/16 x 24 1/8" (86.8 x 61.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kahlbaum

1919 · Drypoint

plate: 7 x 9 7/16" (17.8 x 23.9 cm); sheet: 11 x 14 1/2" (28 x 36.9 cm)

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The Martyrdom (plate 4) [Das Martyrium (Blatt 4)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 21 9/16 x 29 5/8" (54.7 x 75.2 cm); sheet: 24 5/16 x 34 5/16" (61.7 x 87.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Malepartus (plate 8) [Malepartus (Blatt 8)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 27 3/8 x 16 1/4" (69.5 x 41.3 cm); sheet: 34 7/16 x 24 1/8" (87.5 x 61.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Street (plate 3) [Die Strasse (Blatt 3)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 26 9/16 x 21" (67.4 x 53.3 cm); sheet: 34 3/8 x 24 1/8" (87.3 x 61.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Patriotic Song (plate 9) [Das patriotische Lied (Blatt 9)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 30 1/2 x 21" (77.5 x 53.3 cm); sheet: 34 1/4 x 24 1/16" (87 x 61.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hunger (plate 5) [Der Hunger (Blatt 5)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 24 5/8 x 19 1/2" (62.6 x 49.6 cm); sheet: 31 3/4 x 24 1/8" (80.7 x 61.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Ideologists (plate 6) [Die Ideologen (Blatt 6)] from Hell (Die Hölle)

1919 · One from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including front cover)

composition (irreg.): 28 1/8 x 19 7/8" (71.4 x 50.5 cm); sheet: 34 1/4 x 24 3/16" (87 x 61.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Standing Male Nude with Glasses (Stehender männlicher Akt mit Brille)

1919 · Drypoint

plate: 10 1/2 x 6 15/16" (26.7 x 17.6 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 x 10 9/16" (34.2 x 26.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Last Ones

1919 · Lithograph with graphite

34 13/16 × 23 1/4 in. (88.5 × 59 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Boy

1918 · Graphite on cream laid paper

50.4 × 32.9 cm (19 7/8 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait (front cover) (Selbstbildnis [Umschlag]) from Hell (Die Hölle)

1918 · Cover lithograph, from a portfolio of eleven lithographs (including cover)

composition: 24 15/16 x 16 7/16" (63.4 x 41.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Main River Landscape (Mainlandschaft) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 9 7/8 x 11 3/4" (25.1 x 29.8 cm); sheet: 14 11/16 x 14 7/16" (37.3 x 36.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Yawners (Die Gähnenden) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 12 1/8 x 10 1/4" (30.8 x 26 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 1/2" (45 x 36.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landscape with Balloon (Landschaft mit Ballon) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 9 3/16 x 11 5/8" (23.3 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 11 3/4 x 14 1/2" (29.8 x 36.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Playing Children, Broad Format (Spielende Kinder, Breitformat) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 10 3/16 x 12 1/16" (25.9 x 30.6 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 14 1/2" (37 x 36.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Resurrection (Auferstehung) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 9 5/8 x 13 1/8" (24.5 x 33.4 cm); sheet: 14 3/8 x 17 9/16" (36.5 x 44.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lovers II (Liebespaar II) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 8 9/16 x 10 3/16" (21.8 x 25.9 cm); sheet: 11 3/4 x 14 5/8" (29.8 x 37.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring (Frühling) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 11 3/4 x 7 13/16" (29.9 x 19.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 14 3/4 x 11 7/16" (37.5 x 29 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Café Music (Cafémusik) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 12 1/4 x 9 1/8" (31.1 x 23.1 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 x 14 9/16" (44 x 37 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Family Scene (Beckmann Family) [Familienszene (Familie Beckmann)] from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 12 1/16 x 10 5/16" (30.6 x 26.2 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 9/16" (45 x 37 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Madhouse (Irrenhaus) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 10 1/4 x 12 1/16" (26 x 30.7 cm); sheet: 14 9/16 x 14 7/16" (37 x 36.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontal Self-Portrait with House Gable in Background (Selbstbildnis von vorn, im Hintergrund Hausgiebel)

1918 · Drypoint

plate: 12 1/16 x 10 1/8" (30.6 x 25.7 cm); sheet: 19 3/16 x 14 1/16" (48.8 x 35.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 11 x 10 1/8" (27.9 x 25.7 cm); sheet: 17 3/4 x 14" (45.1 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Descent from the Cross (Kreuzabnahme) from Faces (Gesichter)

1918 · One from a portfolio of nineteen drypoints

plate: 12 1/16 x 10 3/16" (30.7 x 25.8 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 9/16" (45 x 37 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Prodigal Son Among Swine ( Der Verlorene Sohn unter den Schweinen )

1918 · Gouache and watercolor over ink and pencil drawing on parchment

14 3/8 x 11 3/4" (36.4 x 29.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Mocking of the Prodigal Son ( Der Verlorene Sohn wird verspottet )

1918 · Gouache and watercolor over ink and pencil drawing on parchment

14 1/2 x 11 7/8" (36.8 x 30.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Return of the Prodigal Son ( Die Heimkehr des Verlorenen Sohnes )

1918 · Gouache and watercolor over ink and pencil drawing on parchment

14 3/8 x 11 3/4" (36.5 x 29.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Feast of the Prodigal Son ( Die Heimkehr des Verlorenen Sohnes wird gefeiert )

1918 · Gouache and watercolor over ink and pencil drawing on parchment

14 1/4 x 11 3/4" (36.1 x 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 60) from Die Fürstin (The Duchess)

1918 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with six drypoints

plate: 7 1/16 x 5 3/8" (18 x 13.7 cm); page: 12 3/8 x 9 1/16" (31.4 x 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 8) from Die Fürstin (The Duchess)

1918 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with six drypoints

plate: 6 7/8 x 5 1/4" (17.5 x 13.4 cm); page: 12 5/16 x 9 1/16" (31.3 x 23 cm)

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Die Fürstin (The Duchess)

1918 · Illustrated book with six drypoints

page (each approx.): 12 3/8 x 9 1/16" (31.4 x 23 cm); overall: 12 11/16 x 9 7/16 x 11/16" (32.2 x 24 x 1.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 78) from Die Fürstin (The Duchess)

1918 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with six drypoints

plate: 7 3/16 x 5 1/2" (18.2 x 14 cm); page: 12 3/8 x 9 1/16" (31.5 x 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 28) from Die Fürstin (The Duchess)

1918 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with six drypoints

plate: 7 1/8 x 5 1/2" (18.1 x 14 cm); page: 12 3/8 x 9 1/16" (31.4 x 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 40) from Die Fürstin (The Duchess)

1918 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with six drypoints

plate: 7 1/2 x 5 1/8" (19 x 13 cm); page: 12 3/8 x 9 1/16" (31.5 x 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 54) from Die Fürstin (The Duchess)

1918 · Drypoint from an illustrated book with six drypoints

plate: 7 3/8 x 5 9/16" (18.7 x 14.1 cm); page: 12 7/16 x 9 1/16" (31.6 x 23 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Die Fürstin

1918 · Illustrated book with six drypoints

page (each): 11 9/16 x 9 1/16" (29.3 x 23 cm); overall (closed): 11 13/16 x 9 3/8 x 9/16" (30 x 23.8 x 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait

1917 · Pen and black ink on cream laid paper

38.7 × 31.6 cm (15 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Descent from the Cross

1917 · Oil on canvas

59 1/2 x 50 3/4" (151.2 x 128.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Model (Modell)

1917 · Drypoint

plate: 9 1/4 x 7 1/16" (23.5 x 17.9 cm); sheet: 18 13/16 x 14 5/16" (47.8 x 36.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sleeping Couple (Schlafende)

1917 · Drypoint

plate: 7 3/16 x 5 1/2" (18.3 x 14 cm); sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 5/16" (32.5 x 23.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art