Hinter den Kulissen (Behind the Scenes) from Der Jahrmarkt (The Annual Fair)
Artist
Max Beckmann
German, 1884 - 1950
Date1921
MediumDrypoint (intaglio print) on wove paper
DimensionsPlate mark: 8 1/4 x 12 in.
Sight: 9 15/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.2 x 34 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 7/8 in. (48.9 x 59.1 x 2.2 cm)
Sight: 9 15/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.2 x 34 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 7/8 in. (48.9 x 59.1 x 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineDonated by Stephen J. Sills, M.D. in loving memory of his wife Nancy Mintz Sills.
Object number2008.3.4
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Works on Paper
SignedSigned in pencil inside the plate marks (but not engraved within the plate), LR, in cursive, "---kmann". The first letter looks like an 'L'. Signatures of a similar type appear on prints from this portfolio in the collections of both the Dallas Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (see file).
MarkingsBlindstamped, probably printer's mark, embossed 3/4" h. oval cartouche in LR, outside of plate; an image of the abduction of Ganymede. Eagle in flight with spread wings carrying a nude male figure, another figure in distance below standing in an orchard or treed area. Zeus, jealous of Ganymede, because of his beauty, had a golden eagle, his animal companion and personal messenger, kidnap Ganymede who he appointed as cupbearer in the sky.
source: http://www.theoi.com/Ther/AetosDios.html
Printed adhestive label on backing in blue ink: "THE/FRAME & ART/SHOP/ Amsterdam/East Greenbush/Guilderland/Schnectady."
An earlier printed and typed label saved in a pocket on the frame backing, now in the object file: "M. KNOEDLER & CO., INC/ 21 EAST 70th STREET/ NEW YORK, NY 10021/Stock #" (typed)"P897-6/ARTIST" (typed) "MAX BECKMANN"/TITLE" (typed) "Hinter den Kulissen/ from the Jahrmarkt, 1921/original lithograph/edition 125." (See NOTES re accuracy of this text)
DescriptionDistorted interior view of a room with a crowd of figures. The low ceiling and leaning walls push the figures into the viewer's space.On the left a low stage with a standing figure and two seated men holding instruments, The figure at right with a violin resting upright on his right knee and the bow in his left hand. The other musician holds a stringed instrument, possibly a guitar. Standing in front of the musicians with his or her back to the viewer is a figure wearing a robe or possibly a dress and having a heavily bearded face (illusion of the bearded lady of the circus?). The figure wears shoes with low heels.
The right 2/3rds of the image contains six figures, four seated at a table, two embracing or dancing behind this group. The seated female figure at the far right wears a short costume with decorative boots and deep neckline and zigzag hem. A cat sits on her lap, a brightly lit candle glows on table directly in front of her. Leaning on the wall behind her may be a tambourine or small drum. A horned bovine looks in the window behind this figure.
New narrow molded gilt frame with red and black patination.Exhibition History"Director's Choice: Focus on Modernism", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, April 5, 2008 - Sept. 14, 2008.
"What's New? Recent Acquisitions 2008-2010", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, March 3 - May 29, 2011.
"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013Provenance1973, New York, NY, Knoedler and Co.
Great Neck, NY, Sam Mintz
2002, Guilderland, NY, Stephen and Nancy Mintz Sills (by inheritance)
2008, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
Lucas van Leyden
ca. 1510
