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Max Beckmann

Leipzig 1884 – 1950 New York

”Gesichter”. 1914-19

Original half vellum portfolio with 19 drypoint etchings, each on Japan paper, in the original mats with consecutive numbers in blind embossing. With the printed journal with an introduction by Julius Meier-Graefe, title, index in the original dust jacket. Portfolio: 53 × 39,2 × 3 cm (20 ⅞ × 15 ⅜ × 1 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Max Beckmann. ”Gesichter”. 1914-19.

Estimate:

EUR 40,000

 

- 60,000

USD 42,100

 

- 63,200

Sold for:

50,800 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction Winter 2023

Selected Works, Thursday, 30.11.2023

Information

Original half vellum portfolio with 19 drypoint etchings, each on Japan paper, in the original mats with consecutive numbers in blind embossing. With the printed journal with an introduction by Julius Meier-Graefe, title, index in the original dust jacket. Portfolio: 53 × 39,2 × 3 cm (20 ⅞ × 15 ⅜ × 1 ⅛ in.). Each signed, 12 sheet dated and titled apart from 2 sheets. Catalogue raisonné: Hofmaier 81, 84, 88-90, 105, 108, 126-137. Each one of 40 prints from the unsteeled plate for the special edition from a total edition of 100 copies. Munich, Verlag der Marées Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co. (=13th Print from the Marées Gesellschaft), 1919.

Further works from the Leslie & Johanna Garfield Collection will be offered in our “Modern Art“ auction on December 1, 2023 (lots 354, 391, 411).

Leslie and Johanna Garfield, New York (acquired 1988 at Karl & Faber, Munich)

Auction 175: Kunst Alter und Neuer Meister. München, Karl & Faber, 31.5.-1.6.1988, cat. no. 425, ill. 88-95

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