Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000705
Lot 125000705 
Raumbeispiel
125000705
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis, 1946.
Lithograph
Estimate:
€ 3,000 - 4,000
$ 3,390 - 4,520
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Selbstbildnis. 1946.
Lithograph.
Signed and numbered. From an edition of 90 numbered copies. On creme wove paper. 31.8 x 26.3 cm (12.5 x 10.3 in). Sheet: 40 x 30 cm (15,7 x 11,8 in).
Sheet one from the portfolio “Tag und Traum” (Day and Dream). Published by Curt Valentin, New York, November 1946. [AW].
• Max Beckmann uses clever hatches to give this self-portrait a sense of immediacy.
• Self-portraits are a recurring theme in the artist's work and occupy a prominent place in his oeuvre.
• The portfolio Tag und Traum (Day and Dream) is one of Beckmann's last graphic works.
PROVENANCE: Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg.
In family ownership ever since.
EXHIBITION: Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair House, Bad Homburg, October 19–December 9, 2001; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1–April 7, 2002; Ulmer Museum, Ulm, April 27–June 30, 2002, cat. no. 103.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 2, Bern 1990, cat. no. 357 B b (of b)
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, catalogue raisonné no. 289.
Lithograph.
Signed and numbered. From an edition of 90 numbered copies. On creme wove paper. 31.8 x 26.3 cm (12.5 x 10.3 in). Sheet: 40 x 30 cm (15,7 x 11,8 in).
Sheet one from the portfolio “Tag und Traum” (Day and Dream). Published by Curt Valentin, New York, November 1946. [AW].
• Max Beckmann uses clever hatches to give this self-portrait a sense of immediacy.
• Self-portraits are a recurring theme in the artist's work and occupy a prominent place in his oeuvre.
• The portfolio Tag und Traum (Day and Dream) is one of Beckmann's last graphic works.
PROVENANCE: Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg.
In family ownership ever since.
EXHIBITION: Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair House, Bad Homburg, October 19–December 9, 2001; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1–April 7, 2002; Ulmer Museum, Ulm, April 27–June 30, 2002, cat. no. 103.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 2, Bern 1990, cat. no. 357 B b (of b)
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, catalogue raisonné no. 289.
125000705
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis, 1946.
Lithograph
Estimate:
€ 3,000 - 4,000
$ 3,390 - 4,520
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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