Group portrait Edenbar, 1923

ArtistMax Beckmann, Leipzig 1884–1950 New York

PublisherJ. B. Neumann, Skole 1887–1961

PrintFritz Voigt, DE, worked from 1919 until 1933

Woodcut on laid paper

State/print versionII. state

Sheet dimensions70,5 × 55,7 cm

Image dimensions49 × 49,5 cm

Status

not on display

About the workThe people sitting together here do not look at each other. Their eyes wander off into the distance. In the 1920s in Berlin, the bar at the Hotel Eden was a popular meeting place for artists and the wealthy bourgeoisie. But the hotel is also infamous because Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were brought here before they were murdered in 1919. Max Beckmann had this large-format woodcut realised by the famous Berlin printer Fritz Voigt, for whom he repeatedly expressed great appreciation. The artists of the Die Brücke group also made use of his expertise.

AccessionAcquisition 1950

Provenance[...]; 6.11.1950 angekauft von Dr. Hans Lühdorf (Düsseldorf 1910- 1983 Düsseldorf)

Inventory numberK 1950-66

Contact

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