Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000709
Lot 125000709 
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125000709
Max Beckmann
Großes Selbstbildnis, 1919.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000
$ 6,780 - 9,040
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Großes Selbstbildnis. 1919.
Drypoint.
Signed, dated, and titled “Halbportrait”. Inverted date and inscription “Weihnachten Berlin” on the plate. From an edition of 50 copies. On firm, brown wove paper. 23.7 x 19.7 cm (9.3 x 7.7 in). Sheet: 44 x 35,5 cm (17,3 x 13,9 in).
Published by I.B. Neumann, Berlin 1920. [AW].
• Self-portraits play a central role in Max Beckmann's work.
• Highly compelling and intense gaze.
• From 1910 to 1930, Beckmann frequently used printmaking techniques to explore his own identity.
PROVENANCE: Mathilde Q. Beckmann, New York.
Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg.
In family ownership ever since.
EXHIBITION: Max Beckmann, Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main, February 17–March 30, 1972.
Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair-Haus, 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. 67.
Expressionismus im Rhein-Main Gebiet. Künstler - Händler - Sammler, Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main, April 3–July 17, 2011, cat. no. 152.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 153 B (of B)
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 124.
Drypoint.
Signed, dated, and titled “Halbportrait”. Inverted date and inscription “Weihnachten Berlin” on the plate. From an edition of 50 copies. On firm, brown wove paper. 23.7 x 19.7 cm (9.3 x 7.7 in). Sheet: 44 x 35,5 cm (17,3 x 13,9 in).
Published by I.B. Neumann, Berlin 1920. [AW].
• Self-portraits play a central role in Max Beckmann's work.
• Highly compelling and intense gaze.
• From 1910 to 1930, Beckmann frequently used printmaking techniques to explore his own identity.
PROVENANCE: Mathilde Q. Beckmann, New York.
Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg.
In family ownership ever since.
EXHIBITION: Max Beckmann, Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main, February 17–March 30, 1972.
Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair-Haus, 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. 67.
Expressionismus im Rhein-Main Gebiet. Künstler - Händler - Sammler, Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main, April 3–July 17, 2011, cat. no. 152.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 153 B (of B)
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 124.
125000709
Max Beckmann
Großes Selbstbildnis, 1919.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000
$ 6,780 - 9,040
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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