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A two-page book spread about artist Max Beckmann, titled Departure, shows a collage of vintage black and white photographs from the 1920s and 30s on a dark background. The images depict Beckmann and a woman in various scenes, including portraits, a double exposure, full-length shots in a forest, and candid moments in a park, on a city street, and walking along railroad tracks. German text provides captions for the photos.
A two-page spread showing the table of contents for a German publication, laid out in a clean, minimalist grid. The content is divided into eight main sections with large, distinct titles, including Departure Abfahrt, Transit, Fenster, Meer, and Film. Each section lists various articles or chapters with their authors and page numbers, using a mix of serif and sans-serif typography on a light gray background.
A two-page spread from an art book against a dark background. On the left page is Max Beckmann's painting Raub der Europa, depicting a woman clinging to the back of a large black bull in the water. On the right is his painting Departure, showing several stylized figures in a small boat. Text descriptions for the art are in the central column.
A two-page spread from a book featuring a collection of archival materials. The left page shows a black-and-white photo of an art gallery with expressionist paintings and an image of an open handwritten journal. The right page displays a photo of a man in a hat, a typed letter from the Buchholz Gallery, and several handwritten letters and documents.
A two-page spread from an art book. The left page features a colorful expressionist painting of a woman in a blue swimsuit and swim cap, seated by the sea. The right page displays a collage of several vintage black-and-white photographs of a man and a woman at the beach and on a boat, alongside a column of German text.
An open art book displaying two self-portraits by Max Beckmann on a dark background. On the left is a black-and-white drypoint etching from 1920 titled Königinbar. On the right is a colorful 1919 oil painting, Self-Portrait with Champagne Glass, showing the artist at a table. German text accompanies both images.
A two-page spread from a book about Nice, France. On the left, a collage shows a vintage guidebook cover and three different photographic views of the Promenade des Anglais: one in black and white by day, one in color at sunset, and one in black and white at night. The right page features a colorful expressionist painting of the same promenade at night, seen from a balcony. German text captions the images in the center.
An open art book on a dark background displays a two-page spread. On the left page is a colorful Expressionist painting of a crowded dance hall. On the right page is a black-and-white lithograph of a group of people in a theater foyer. A white column with German text runs down the center between the two images.
An open art book spread. On the left, an expressionist self-portrait of a bald man in a black jacket with a stern expression. On the right, a contact sheet of black-and-white photographs showing an artist's studio with sculptures, canvases, easels, and palettes. German text appears on both pages.
An expressionist triptych painting depicting crowded scenes with heavily outlined figures. The left panel shows a painter looking at a semi-nude woman squatting while holding a large sword. The central panel features several men, including a nude figure seen from the back and another man holding a ladder. The right panel shows a group of women playing musical instruments, including a cello and a flute.
Max Beckmann
DEPARTURE
€ 54.00
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By (artist): Max Beckmann
Designed by: Bonbon, Zürich
Edited by: Oliver Kase, Sarah Louisa Henn , Christiane Zeiller
January 2023, 352 Pages, 393 Photos
Lay-Flat Binding with Flaps
243mm x 310mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5244-2

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de


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| Departure into the Unknown
Travel is a fundamental experience of human existence. For Max Beckmann it was of existential importance both in a symbolic, but also in a deeply personal sense. In the 1920s, he regularly traveled to the noble health resorts and palace hotels on the Dutch, Italian, and French coasts. His defamation as a "degenerate" artist by the Nazi regime, however, forced him to retreat, first from Frankfurt to Berlin and subsequently into exile in Amsterdam. His emigration to the United States marked the culmination of a life entwined with the longing to travel as well as uprooting, transit, and exile. Max Beckmann. DEPARTURE assembles an outstanding selection of artworks and initiates a dialogue with hitherto unseen objects and materials from the Max Beckmann Archive. It shows Beckmann's relationship to film and literature as a producer of images of aspirations and longing resonating with notions of identity and home.

This book is also available in English.

MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950) is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. A star of the Berlin Secession, Beckmann's career was slowed by World War I and a personal crisis, but continued in the 1920s. After the Nazis forced him to resign his professorship in Frankfurt in 1933, he went into exile in Amsterdam in 1937 and subsequently emigrated to the US in 1947. Teaching in St. Louis and New York, he became the most successful German artist in the United States of his time.
EXHIBITION
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
November 25, 2022-March 12, 2023
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