Sleeping Athlete (Schlafender Athlet)

1946

Max Beckmann

German, 1884-1950

European Art

This print is part of Max Beckmann’s portfolio Day and Dream, fifteen lithographs commissioned in early 1946, as a way to promote his art to an American audience. The contorted, exaggerated form of the sleeping male athlete—bulky, angular arms and legs, with scarcely any torso—is typical of German Expressionist figures.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Beckmann, Max
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: Lithograph on wove paper
Medium: lithograph, wove, paper
Locations: Place made: Germany
Dimensions: Image: 11 x 10 3/8 in. (27.9 x 26.4 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in. (40 x 30 cm)
Inscribed: Lower left in graphite: "58/90"; lower center in graphite: "III."; lower right in graphite: "Beckmann" Verso bottom left in graphite: "49.206-3"
Departments: European Art
Accession Number: 49.206.3
Credit Line: Gift of Curt Valentin
Exhibitions: Iggy Pop Life Class by Jeremy Deller
Museum Location: This item is not on view
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