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Max Beckmann

Leipzig 1884 – 1950 New York

Die Windmühlen. 1946

Black pen over pencil on laid paper. 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Max Beckmann. Die Windmühlen. 1946.

Estimate:

EUR 30,000

 

- 40,000

USD 42,700

 

- 57,000

Sold for:

30,500 EUR (incl. premium)

auctions 182-186

Selected Works, Friday, 27.05.2011

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Black pen over pencil on laid paper. 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 ½ in.). Dated in pencil on the reverse upper right: 3. Dezember 1946. There, inscribed in pencil by Mathilde „Quappi“ Beckmann: „die Mühlen“ Zeichnung von Max Beckmann [...]. Minor imperfections in the margins.

The drawing was completed in 1946 following Beckmann´s stays in Laren (cf. the paintings „Große Landschaft aus Laren mit Windmühle“ of 1946 and „Luftballon mit Windmühle“ of 1947 (Göpel 726 and 749))..

Minor imperfections in the margins

Formerly collection of Doris Schmidt, Munich

Max Beckmann. Drawings, Sculpture. New York, Carus Gallery, 1975, cat. no. 15, full-page illustration („The windmills“)

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