1926, Max Beckmann, Still Life with Saxophones -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: 'Do you hear the noise of my paintings?, Max Beckmann asked his wife in a letter. Defying all logical spatial order, various objects - most of them grouped in pairs - crowd and interlock with one another. Two large saxophones trigger associations of loud music. There is something creepy about the doll being squashed by a horn and the view into pitch blackness. The painting is dedicated to jazz, a music style the artist adored. The saxophone on the left bears the name of a Frankfurt jazz club, 'Bar African' while on the other 'On New York' alludes to these rhythms' roots.
1926, Max Beckmann, Still Life with Saxophones -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: 'Do you hear the noise of my paintings?, Max Beckmann asked his wife in a letter. Defying all logical spatial order, various objects - most of them grouped in pairs - crowd and interlock with one another. Two large saxophones trigger associations of loud music. There is something creepy about the doll being squashed by a horn and the view into pitch blackness. The painting is dedicated to jazz, a music style the artist adored. The saxophone on the left bears the name of a Frankfurt jazz club, 'Bar African' while on the other 'On New York' alludes to these rhythms' roots.