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Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair):  Hinter den Kulissen (Behind the Scenes)
Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair): Hinter den Kulissen (Behind the Scenes)

Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair): Hinter den Kulissen (Behind the Scenes)

Date1921
Maker Max Beckmann German, 1884-1950
Label TextWhile serving in the German medical corps in World War I, Beckmann suffered a nervous collapse. In the aftermath of the war he felt that modern society was walking on the edge of disaster. In his suite of prints titled Annual Fair Beckmann used carnival themes to satirize human folly and cruelty. He reveals the barely masked existential sadness of people cavorting on the merry-go-round. Contemplating life's constraints Beckmann once wrote: "Everywhere I find deep lines of beauty in the suffering of this terrible fate."
Object number69.47.3
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Anselm Kiefer and Germanic Tradition", June 4, 1999 - January 2, 2000
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions20 3/4 x 15 1/8in. (52.7x 38.4cm)
MediumDrypoint
Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair):  Garderobe (Dressing Room)
Max Beckmann
1921
Object number: 69.47.2
Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair):  Der Grosse Man (The Tall Man)
Max Beckmann
1921
Object number: 69.47.5
Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair):  Der Neger (The Negro)
Max Beckmann
1921
Object number: 69.47.6
Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair):  Der Ausrufer (The Announcer)
Max Beckmann
1921
Object number: 69.47.1
Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair):  Schiessbude (Shooting Gallery)
Max Beckmann
1921
Object number: 69.47.4
Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair):  Niggertanz (Negro Dance)
Max Beckmann
1921
Object number: 69.47.9
Plate
ca. 1535-1540
Object number: 57.51
Plate
ca. 1555-1565
Object number: 56.268
Photo: Scott Leen
ca. 1550-70
Object number: 56.267