[Irrenhaus]

[Irrenhaus]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950 artist
Contributor(s):
Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., publisher
Publication:
[Munich] : [Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co.], [1919]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Combat Disorders -- psychology
World War I
Persons with Psychiatric Disorders -- psychology
Genre(s):
Pictorial Work
Abstract:
Impression from edition of 60 on laid paper. One of 19 prints from Beckmann's portfolio, "Gesichter" (Faces). Created in 1918. Published in 1919. In the print, 7 distorted figures occupy a very small space, yet each one seems to be independent of the other, as if they are alone in the room. The dramatic lines and exaggerated facial features demonstrate intense emotional distress, loneliness, and insanity-- a representation of how Beckmann viewed the world upon his return to Germany after World War I. "In upper left is added a bespectacled figure who [has] a hand on the shoulder of the patient before him, perhaps [he] is a hospital attendant... The right center male is transformed from a character symbolically depicted as a megalomaniac to one who, his face hidden in his hands, suffers from non-specified torment."-- Max Beckmann's Catalogue Raisonné.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 print : 37 x 36 cm, on board 43 x 56 cm
Technique:
drypoint etching on laid paper, black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101722243 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1028034249
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101722243