Lot 62
  • 62

Max Beckmann

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Max Beckmann
  • Die Pelzmütze (Hofmaier 259)
  • drypoint
  • Plate: 321 by 216mm 12 5/8 by 8 1/2 in
  • Sheet: 495 by 336mm 19 1/2 by 13 1/4 in
Drypoint printed with burr, 1923, signed in pencil, published by I.B. Neumann, Berlin, one of approximately 50 impressions, on wove paper

Condition

With wide margins, severe mount-staining and scattered foxing in the margins, occasional pale fox marks in the image, the lower sheet edge unevenly trimmed (the other three edges with the deckle edge), the sheet edges with skinning and staining mostly along top edge verso, the verso with discoloration comprising backboard-stained, and further foxing, framed.
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