Artist: Beckmann, Max (1884 -1950)

Item Title:

Max Beckmann : die Skizzenbücher : The Sketchbooks.

Author(s):

Zeiller, Christiane ;  Presler, Gerd

ISBN:

9783775722742

Item Number:

v.1-v.2

Imprint:

Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, Verlag, 2010.

Language(s):

German ;  English

Translator:

Gallup, Alison; Lindberg, Steven

Size:

31 cm

Pages:

975

Illustrations:

1260 b&w, 191 color

Concordance:

No

Bibliography:

Yes

Index:

Yes

Exhibition List:

No

Chronology:

No

Content Note:

This well-researched and documented catalogue reproduces, in chronological order, the artist's surviving workbooks. The publication gives technical data regarding the notebooks themselves, the extent of leaves (and how many may have been removed), technique, condition, dating, content, location, and publication information. There are good comments and references to sources. If an illustration relates to a work mentioned in an existing catalogue raisonné, the reference is provided. If new supplementary information (description, ownership) has been found it is added here; if a work has not been published in an earlier catalogue raisonné, title, year, technique, and ownership is given when known. Lists of notations for works found in books nos. 4, 43, and 54 have not been given, as they are intended for separate publication.

Individual Entries Contain:

Bibliog.; Comments

Public Note:

Complete catalogue of the artist's 55 surviving sketchbooks, all illustrated (44 of which are in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.). The catalogue lists over 1,300 bound-in pages and approximately 100 separate sheets. Each sketchbook is introduced with a brief essay describing its theme and contents.