1948
ink
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1948 ink by Max Beckmann, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a barefoot man sitting on a stool, holding a giant globe. He’s wearing a crown and loose clothes, looking down at his hands. The lines are simple and quick, almost like a doodle. The globe is much bigger than his body, which makes it look heavy and strange. The artist signed it in the corner. Look up lithography to see how this kind of drawing was made.
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer.
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