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On View In:
Gallery 371
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Artist:
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Max Beckmann
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Title:
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The Skaters
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Date:
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1932
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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50 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (128.27 x 97.79 cm) (canvas)
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Putnam Dana McMillan
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Location:
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Gallery 371
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Beckmann, Max
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Nationality:
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German
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Life Dates:
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German, 1884 - 1950
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature and Date LL in black: [Beckmann 32] Labels on back in mylar.
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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German Expressionism. The picture encloses four figures in a tight, absurd configuration defined by a picture frame and a door frame. Two men dressed as harlequins raise a daringly balanced woman muffled up in winter attire. A waiter in tails with a tray full of champagne glasses slides between the figures. In the background is a broad sky, low-lying snow covered mountains, and two figures in a horse costume.
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Germany, , ,
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Accession #:
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61.36.20
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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