Lot 45
  • 45

Max Beckmann

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Max Beckmann
  • Self Portrait
  • signed in pencil by the artist 
  • drypoint on laid paper
  • Plate: 9 by 6 3/4 in. 22.9 by 17.1 cm.
  • Sheet: 16 by 12 3/4 in. 40.1 by 32.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1914, this work is from an edition of 50.

Provenance

Alice Adam, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner in February 1999

Literature

James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann: Catalogue Raisonné of His Prints, Bern 1990, cat. no. 74, pp. 172-173, illustrated

Condition

This work is in generally good condition overall. The print is backed with wove paper, reinforcing the sheet overall and supporting thinned spots which are visible under direct light. The sheet is lightly buckled and discoloration comprises uneven light- and mat stain. The sheet is window matted, hinged on the reverse at the top, has wide margins and is framed under Plexiglas.
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