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Max Beckmann

Lot 136

Familienszene (Familie Beckmann), 1918

Drypoint

12.0 x 10.2 in (30.6 x 25.9 cm)

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Lot 136

Familienszene (Familie Beckmann), 1918

Drypoint

12.0 x 10.2 in (30.6 x 25.9 cm)

Estimate:

€ 5,000 - 7,000

Auction: today

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich

Auction: Jun 07, 2025

Auction number: 591

Auction name: Day Sale

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Lot Details

Drypoint. Signed and titled. One of 40 copies. On firm, creme Japan paper. 30.6 x 25.9 cm. Sheet: 47,5 x 33,3 cm.
Sheet 2 from the portfolio “Gesichter” (Faces). Printed by Franz Hanfstaengel, Munich. Published as the thirteenth print of the Marées Gesellschaft (with blind stamp), by R. Piper & Co., Munich, 1919. [MH].
- Max Beckmann's intimate view of family life. - Extremely detailed and elaborate composition. - The extraordinary artist Max Beckmann is internationally regarded as one of the most important protagonists of European Modernism.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, no. 127 B a (of B b). Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, no. 98.

Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg. In family ownership ever since

In good condition. Slight mount staining. The lower edge of the sheet has a crush mark. The left edge of the sheet is slightly soiled.

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Object description

Provenance

Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg. In family ownership ever since

Condition

In good condition. Slight mount staining. The lower edge of the sheet has a crush mark. The left edge of the sheet is slightly soiled.