Self Portrait, plate 1 from the portfolio “Day and Dream”
- Publisher
- Curt Valentin, German, 1902–1954
- Depicted
- Max Beckmann, German, 1884–1950
- Date
- 1946
- Material
- Lithograph
- published in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- matrix made in
- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland province, Netherlands, Europe
- printed in
- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland province, Netherlands, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 12 1/2 × 10 3/8 in. (31.8 × 26.4 cm)
sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 13/16 in. (40.2 × 30 cm) - Credit Line
- Neumann/Frumkin Collection, purchased with funds provided by the bequest of Morton D. May, by exchange, the bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn in honor of her father, David May, by exchange, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Museum Shop Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Crancer Jr., Phoebe and Mark Weil, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell, the Julian and Hope Edison Print Fund, gift of George Rickey, by exchange, bequest of Helen K. Baer, by exchange, Suzanne and Jerry Sincoff, Museum Shop Fund, by exchange, gift of the Buchholz Gallery, by exchange, Museum Purchase, by exchange, Jerome F. and Judith Weiss Levy, bequest of Horace M. Swope, by exchange, and funds given by Fielding Lewis Holmes through the 1988 Art Enrichment Fund, by exchange
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 143:2002.1
NOTES
What I want to show in my work is the idea that hides itself behind so-called reality. I am seeking the bridge that leads from the visible to the invisible.
—Max Beckmann, “On My Painting,” 1938
In Day and Dream, scenes from Max Beckmann’s exile in Amsterdam combine with dream imagery to create a fantasy world. It dates from an eventful time in his life. World War II (1938–1945) had ended, and Beckmann was looking for a new home. A New York art dealer’s commission for Day and Dream was an opportunity to make connections in the United States. The next year, Beckmann moved to St. Louis to teach at Washington University.
—Max Beckmann, “On My Painting,” 1938
In Day and Dream, scenes from Max Beckmann’s exile in Amsterdam combine with dream imagery to create a fantasy world. It dates from an eventful time in his life. World War II (1938–1945) had ended, and Beckmann was looking for a new home. A New York art dealer’s commission for Day and Dream was an opportunity to make connections in the United States. The next year, Beckmann moved to St. Louis to teach at Washington University.
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