Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000725
Lot 125000725 
Raumbeispiel
125000725
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis mit Griffel, 1916.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 5,000 - 7,000
$ 5,650 - 7,910
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Selbstbildnis mit Griffel. 1916.
Drypoint.
Signed, dated, and titled «Halbportrait». From an edition of 40 copies. On wove paper. 29.6 x 23.6 cm (11.6 x 9.2 in). Sheet: 47,5 x 33 cm (18,7 x 12,9 in).
Sheet 19 from the portfolio “Gesichter” (Faces). Printed by Franz Hanfstaengel, Munich. Published as the thirteenth print of the Marées Gesellschaft (with blind stamp), by R. Piper & Co., Munich, 1919. [AW].
• Max Beckmann focuses his gaze on himself and on the viewer.
• Self-portraits occupy a prominent place in the artist's oeuvre.
• They are among the most outstanding achievements of German graphic art in the first half of the 20th century.
PROVENANCE: Serge Sabarsky Collection, New York.
Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 2000).
In family ownership ever since.
EXHIBITION: 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. 57.
Schießbude und Irrenhaus. Die Mappenwerke von Max Beckmann 1919-1922, August Macke Haus, Bonn, Febr. 6 - May 3, 2015, cat. no. 11.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 105 II B a (of b).
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 82.
Drypoint.
Signed, dated, and titled «Halbportrait». From an edition of 40 copies. On wove paper. 29.6 x 23.6 cm (11.6 x 9.2 in). Sheet: 47,5 x 33 cm (18,7 x 12,9 in).
Sheet 19 from the portfolio “Gesichter” (Faces). Printed by Franz Hanfstaengel, Munich. Published as the thirteenth print of the Marées Gesellschaft (with blind stamp), by R. Piper & Co., Munich, 1919. [AW].
• Max Beckmann focuses his gaze on himself and on the viewer.
• Self-portraits occupy a prominent place in the artist's oeuvre.
• They are among the most outstanding achievements of German graphic art in the first half of the 20th century.
PROVENANCE: Serge Sabarsky Collection, New York.
Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 2000).
In family ownership ever since.
EXHIBITION: 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. 57.
Schießbude und Irrenhaus. Die Mappenwerke von Max Beckmann 1919-1922, August Macke Haus, Bonn, Febr. 6 - May 3, 2015, cat. no. 11.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 105 II B a (of b).
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 82.
125000725
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis mit Griffel, 1916.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 5,000 - 7,000
$ 5,650 - 7,910
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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