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Max Beckmann

Lot 13

Bildnis Mink, 1917

Lithograph

9.6 x 9.5 in (24.5 x 24.1 cm)

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Lot 13

Bildnis Mink, 1917

Lithograph

9.6 x 9.5 in (24.5 x 24.1 cm)

Estimate:

€ 6,000 - 8,000

Auction: 8 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich

Auction: Jun 15, 2025 03:06 PM

Auction number: 568

Auction name: Online Sale

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Lot Details

Lithograph. Signed, dated and titled "Potrait Frau B.". From an edition of probably just 3 copies. On firm, structured wove paper. 24.5 x 24.1 cm. Sheet: 40,7 x 31,6 cm.
- Impressive and intense portrait lithograph of the artist's first wife, Minna Beckmann-Tube (1881-1964). - Extremely rare - one of only three known copies. - Once part of the collection of renowned German publisher Reinhard Piper (1879-1953).
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 121 II (of II). Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 20. - - Karl & Faber, Munich, 149th auction, May 31, 1979, lot 1179 (illustrated on plate 58). Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 444th auction, June 5, 2013, lot 180 (illustrated on p. 31).

Schießbude und Irrenhaus. Die Mappenwerke von Max Beckmann 1919-1922, August Macke Haus, Bonn, February 6-May 3, 2015, cat. no. 4

Reinhard Piper Collection, Munich. Eflriede Wirnitzer, Baden-Baden. Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (since 2013: Hauswedell & Nolte). In family ownership ever since

In good condition. With a few tiny brown spot. A small tear (approx. 3 mm) in the middle of the right margin. Some very faint soiling along the outer margins.

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Object description

Exhibitions

Schießbude und Irrenhaus. Die Mappenwerke von Max Beckmann 1919-1922, August Macke Haus, Bonn, February 6-May 3, 2015, cat. no. 4

Provenance

Reinhard Piper Collection, Munich. Eflriede Wirnitzer, Baden-Baden. Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (since 2013: Hauswedell & Nolte). In family ownership ever since

Condition

In good condition. With a few tiny brown spot. A small tear (approx. 3 mm) in the middle of the right margin. Some very faint soiling along the outer margins.