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140
Max Beckmann
Grosse Brücke ("Eiserner Steg" in Frankfurt am Main), 1922.
Drypoint
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000

 
$ 28,250 - 39,550

+
Grosse Brücke ("Eiserner Steg" in Frankfurt am Main). 1922.
Drypoint.
Signed. From an edition of 50 copies. On firm wove paper. 42.8 x 25.9 cm (16.8 x 10.1 in). Sheet: 53,3 x 37,3 cm (20,9 x 14,6 in).
Published by Kabinett Peter Zingler, Frankfurt, in cooperation with I.B. Neumann, Berlin. [AW].

• A compositional masterpiece of a cityscape.
• Beckmann set up his own printshop not far from the “Eiserner Steg” (Iron Bridge) depicted here.
• This enabled him to produce particularly beautiful, grainy prints.
• This rare print combines Beckmann's technical skill with his typically cool, dissecting view of reality
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PROVENANCE: Eva Ralis Collection, née Fromm (1919–2007).
Art trader Dr. Ewald Rathke, Frankfurt a. Main.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above around 1975).
In family ownership ever since.

EXHIBITION: Das Frankfurter Stadtbild im Wandel (1822-1997), Frankfurter Sparkasse, Frankfurt am Main, December 1, 1997-January 9, 1998.
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. 87.
Expressionismus im Rhein-Main Gebiet . Künstler –Händler – Sammle, Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main, April 3–July 17, 2011, cat. no. 57 (illustrated)
Schießbude und Irrenhaus. Die Mappenwerke von Max Beckmann 1919-1922, August Macke Haus, Bonn, February 6-May 3, 2015, cat. no. 48.

LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 2, Bern 1990, cat. no. 243 B (of B)
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 213.

Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 14.53 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium and taxation for Max Beckmann "Grosse Brücke ("Eiserner Steg" in Frankfurt am Main)"
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Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
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The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
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Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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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