Untitled

Untitled

Max Beckmann

1915

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows a chaotic crowd of people in rough, jagged lines. Some figures are hunched over, others stand tall, and a few faces look upward. The drawing is mostly black and white, with some faint shading. The scene feels tense and crowded, like a moment frozen in time. Notice how the artist didn’t smooth out the lines—everything looks raw and urgent. The faces and bodies are simplified, almost like quick sketches. Check out drypoint, the technique used here, to see how artists create prints like this.

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