The Return of the Prodigal Son ( Die Heimkehr des Verlorenen Sohnes )

Max Beckmann

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The Return of the Prodigal Son ( Die Heimkehr des Verlorenen Sohnes )

Max Beckmann

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Artist: Max Beckmann
Date: c. 1918
Medium: Gouache and watercolor over ink and pencil drawing on parchment
Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 11 3/4" (36.5 x 29.8 cm)
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Städel Museum

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The Departure of Orpheus from his Mother (Abschied Orpheus' von der Mutter) from the illustrated book Eurydikes Wiederkehr, Drei Gesänge (The Return of Eurydice, Three Cantos)

1909

Lithograph

The Museum of Modern Art

Orpheus before Pluto and Proserpina (Orpheus vor Pluto und Proserpina) from the illustrated book Eurydikes Wiederkehr, Drei Gesänge (The Return of Eurydice, Three Cantos)

1909

Lithograph

The Museum of Modern Art

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Max Beckmann, The Return of the Prodigal Son ( Die Heimkehr des Verlorenen Sohnes ), c. 1918, Gouache and watercolor over ink and pencil drawing on parchment, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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The Return of the Prodigal Son ( Die Heimkehr des Verlorenen Sohnes )

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