MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

Lot 330
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ID 1470350
Lot 330 | MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
Selbstbildnis mit steifem Hut ('Self-Portrait in Bowler Hat')
drypoint
1921
on laid Römerturm Antique paper
signed in pencil, inscribed Selbstportrait 1921 (Probedruck) selbst gedruckt
a trial proof of the third state (of four), before the edition of fifty
a very fine impression printing with a light tone, inky plate edges and studio traces
with wide margins
scattered foxing in the margins
Plate 31,5 x 24,5 cm. (13 ½ x 9 ¾ in.)
Sheet 51 x 32,8 cm. (20 x 13 in.)




Provenance

Reinhard Piper (1879-1953), Munich (see Lugt 5594; without his mark); acquired directly from the artist.
Private Collection; Villa Grisebach, Berlin, Max Beckmann - Zwanzig Selbst­bildnisse - Eine Privatsammlung, 30 November 2007, lot 61.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

J. Hofmaier, Max Beckmann - Catalogue raisonnée of his Prints, Bern, 1990, vol. II, no. 180 III A, pp. 470-474 (this impression cited).
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