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Max Beckmann

King and Demagogue, from the portfolio Day and Dream

1946

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  • Artist Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)
  • Title King and Demagogue, from the portfolio Day and Dream
  • Date 1946
  • Medium Lithograph
  • Edition description 55/90
  • Dimensions unframed | 15 13/16 x 11 7/8 in.
  • Credit line Transfer from the Art and Architecture Library, Washington University, 1970
  • Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
  • Object number WU 4440.VIII

"Don't Be Angry!"
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/09/2025 - 07/21/2025

Face and Figure in European Art, 1928–1945
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/25/2013 - 04/21/2013

Picasso to Pollock: H.W. Janson and the Legacy of Modern Art at Washington University in St. Louis
Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum (San Antonio, Texas), 08/17/2004 - 10/24/2004

Caught By Politics: Art of the 1930s and 1940s
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/19/2001 - 03/18/2001

1970
WU Art and Architecture Library

Inscription [LR in graphite:] Beckmann [LC in graphite:] [numbered:] VIII [LL in graphite:] 55/90

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