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        "tombstone": "Hell: The Street , 1919. Max Beckmann (German, 1884\u20131950). Lithograph; sheet: 83.2 x 65.2 cm (32 3/4 x 25 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 2009.355",
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        "title": "Hell: The Street ",
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                "inscription": "In pencil, lower left: \"45/75 Die Strasse\" \r\nlower right: \"Beckmann\"\r\n",
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                {
                    "id": 299699,
                    "title": "Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper",
                    "description": "<i>Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).",
                    "opening_date": "2018-01-14T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 681561,
                    "title": "Degenerate! Hitler\u2019s War on Modern Art",
                    "description": "<i>Degenerate! Hitler\u2019s War on Modern Art</i>. Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2024-April 20, 2025).",
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        "description": "After World War I, Max Beckmann produced a portfolio of lithographs under the title <em>Die Holle</em> (<em>Hell</em>). Its publication coincided with civil unrest including heavy street fighting during the so-called November Riots of 1918 that followed Germany\u2019s defeat. Here, the caricatured faces and cropped, overpacked, and stage-like composition portray the ideologues, the war-maimed, the famished, and the deranged. One of Beckmann\u2019s contemporaries, the art historian Paul Schmidt, wrote that it signaled the artist\u2019s new role as a prophet. This aligned with Beckmann\u2019s self-stated aim to expose the \u201cghastly cry of the poor disillusioned people.\u201d",
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                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-2009.355-hell-the-street"
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            {
                "citation": "Peters, Emily J. \"Graphic Discontent: The German Expressionists strove for spontaneity and unexpected results.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 58. no. 1 (January/February 2018): Cover, 5-7, 22.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 7; Mentioned: P. 6, 7",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2018-01/page/n3/mode/2up"
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:01.465000"
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