Lot 122
Frame image
Raumbeispiel
122
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis, 1911.
Lithograph
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,700 Sold:
€ 31,750 / $ 37,465 (incl. surcharge)
Selbstbildnis. 1911.
Lithograph.
Signed and dated in the plate. Copy aside from the edition. On wove paper. 25 x 18.8 cm (9.8 x 7.4 in). Sheet: 48,4 x 33,9 cm (18,89 x 12,99 in).
Published by E.W. Tieffenbach, Berlin 1911. [MH].
• The haunting facial expression provides an insight into Max Beckmann's personality.
• The gestural lines make this a fascinating example of Expressionist graphic art.
• Only two copies of this edition are known to exist.
• Self-portraits play a central role in Beckmann's oeuvre.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (1991, on consignment).
Collection of Karin & Rüdiger Volhard, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 1991).
Since then in family ownership.
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. 46.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 25 A a (of B b).
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 12.
Lithograph.
Signed and dated in the plate. Copy aside from the edition. On wove paper. 25 x 18.8 cm (9.8 x 7.4 in). Sheet: 48,4 x 33,9 cm (18,89 x 12,99 in).
Published by E.W. Tieffenbach, Berlin 1911. [MH].
• The haunting facial expression provides an insight into Max Beckmann's personality.
• The gestural lines make this a fascinating example of Expressionist graphic art.
• Only two copies of this edition are known to exist.
• Self-portraits play a central role in Beckmann's oeuvre.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (1991, on consignment).
Collection of Karin & Rüdiger Volhard, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 1991).
Since then in family ownership.
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. 46.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 25 A a (of B b).
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 12.
122
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis, 1911.
Lithograph
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,700 Sold:
€ 31,750 / $ 37,465 (incl. surcharge)
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