Lot 137
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137
Max Beckmann
Kleine Stadtansicht, 1917.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 33,900 Sold:
€ 34,290 / $ 38,747 (incl. surcharge)
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.
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.
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.
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.
137
Max Beckmann
Kleine Stadtansicht, 1917.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 33,900 Sold:
€ 34,290 / $ 38,747 (incl. surcharge)
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