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Happy New Year 1917 by Max Beckmann

Happy New Year 1917

Max Beckmann · 1917

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DETAILS
Artist
Max Beckmann
Date
1917
Medium
drypoint
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Prints
Culture
Germany, 20th century
Credit line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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THE ARTIST

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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