ID 1548215
Lot 959 | MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
Valeur estimée
£ 6 000 – 8 000
Lili von Braunbehrens: Stadtnacht ('City Night')
the complete suite of seven lithographs including title
1921
on thin laid Japan paper
each signed in pencil
copy number LXXVIII from the deluxe portfolio edition of one hundred copies
with the original cardboard folder and thin card mounts
the cover label numbered in pencil LXXVIII
together with the book:
with title, text, seven lithographs, and justification
signed in pencil on the justification, numbered LXXI, from the deluxe book edition of one hundred
with the original half-vellum binding with colour-printed, patterned boards
both published by R. Piper & Co. Verlag, Munich, 1921
all in very good condition
Images 21 x 15,5 cm. (8 ¼ x 6 in.) (and similar)
Sheets 30,7 x 24,5 cm. (12 1/8 x 9 ¾ in.) (and similar)
Overall 36,5 x 27 x 1 cm. (14 3/8 x 10 ¾ x 1/2 in.) (portfolio)
Overall 27,7 x 23 cm. (11 x 9 1/8 in.) (book)
Provenance
Suite:
Kristen Rasmussen (20th century), Sweden (with his bookplate, wood-engraving, 1952, designed by Mark F. Severin).
Dr Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg, 28 November, 1959, lot 393.
Book:
Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 11 June 1968, lot 58.
Acquired at the above sales; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
J. Hofmaier, Max Beckmann - Catalogue raisonneé of his Prints, Bern, 1990, no. 164-170, pp. 434-449.
Exhibited
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Menschenorchester, August - November 1998 (no cat.).
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Max Beckmann: Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, November 2005 - January 2007, nos. 22-22.7 & 22.a, pp. 84-91, pl. 48-54 (ill.) & p. 163 .
| Technique appliquée: | Pointe sèche |
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| Matériel: | Verre acrylique, Plastique |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Gravure et multiples |
| Technique appliquée: | Pointe sèche |
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| Matériel: | Verre acrylique, Plastique |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Gravure et multiples |
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