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Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair): Der Neger (The Negro)
Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair): Der Neger (The Negro)

Jahrmarkt (Annual Fair): Der Neger (The Negro)

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 number69.47.6
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Black Art", March 25, 2008 - November 9, 2008 (3/25/2008 - 11/9/2008). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Five Installations on the Fourth Floor: Unpretty Pictures", June 26, 1997, (6/26/1997)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions20 3/4 x 15 1/8in. (52.7x 38.4cm)
MediumDrypoint