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Self-Portrait

Max Beckmann, 1917

MEDIUMPen and black ink on cream laid paper
DIMENSIONS38.7 × 31.6 cm (15 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)
LOCATIONArt Institute of Chicago
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Max Beckmann

Max Beckmann, a German painter, transformed his style after WWI, creating powerful self-portraits and triptychs that captured Europe's turmoil and rejected easy categorization.

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