Max Liebermann, ‘The Plague Corpses’

Max Liebermann, ‘The Plague Corpses’ two men carrying the bodies of the deceased to the pyre, created for ‘Bassompierre’ from Goethe’s ‘Conversations of German Emigrants’, published by Bruno Cassirer, catalogue raisonné Schiefler 213, lithograph on thin handmade paper, 1915, signed ‘MLiebermann’ in lead in the lower right-hand corner, Bruno Cassirer’s embossed stamp in the lower left-hand corner of the sheet, minimal signs of ageing, mounted on backing board, image dimension

Category

Graphic arts

Location

Plauen