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137
Max Beckmann
Kleine Stadtansicht, 1917.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000

 
$ 33,900 - 45,200

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Kleine Stadtansicht. 1917.
Drypoint.
Signed, dated and titled "Stadtansicht". One of to date three known copies. On Van Gelder Zonen wove paper (with a truncated watermark). 15.8 x 20.9 cm (6.2 x 8.2 in). Sheet: 28 x 36,5 cm (11 x 14,3 in).

• An extremely rare piece in Max Beckmann's graphic oeuvre – one of only three copies known to date.
• Beckmann appears to be depicting the view from his studio of Frankfurt am Main Cathedral and the bridge “Eiserner Steg”.
• The first exhibition of Beckmann's graphic works took place at I.B. Neumann in Berlin in 1917, the year this work was created
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PROVENANCE: Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (since 2003: Kornfeld).
Family-owned ever since.

EXHIBITION: Max Beckmann Graphik, Graphisches Kabinett J.B. Neumann, Berlin, November 1917, cat. no. 109, illustrated (different copy).

LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 119.
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 92.
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Probably: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, 15th auction, May 27-30, 1952, lot 1596.
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 224th auction, June 23, 2000, lot 13.

Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 14.49 h +/- 20 min.




 

Buyer's premium and taxation for Max Beckmann "Kleine Stadtansicht"
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The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
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