Lot 127
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127
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis mit Griffel, 1916.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,650 Sold:
€ 5,715 / $ 6,457 (incl. surcharge)
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.
127
Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis mit Griffel, 1916.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,650 Sold:
€ 5,715 / $ 6,457 (incl. surcharge)
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