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Max Beckmann Art

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Max Beckmann was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century - both as a painter and as an outstanding graphic artist. Printmaking was the main medium he worked in between 1914 and 1924, creating a total of 156 drypoints, 72 lithographs and 16 woodcuts. From wikipedia: Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement.[1] In the 1920s, he was associated with the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit), an outgrowth of Expressionism that opposed its introverted emotionalism. Even when dealing with light subject matter like circus performers, Beckmann often had an undercurrent of moodiness or unease in his works. By the 1930s, his work became more explicit in its horrifying imagery and distorted forms with combination of brutal realism and social criticism, coinciding with the rise of nazism in Germany.
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Artist: Max Beckmann
Frau H.M. Naila signed original woodcut
By Max Beckmann
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Signed in pencil. Catalogue reference: Hofmaier 282 IV BB. Printed in Germany in 1923 for the very rare Kunst der Gegenwart portfolio, published in Munich b...
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1920s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art

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Woodcut

Portrait of Baron Simolin II (large version)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Roma, RM
Max Beckmann (Leipzig 1884 – New York 1950), Portrait of Baron Simolin II (large version)(1928) Drypoint, 38 x 25 cm (plate), 48 x 40 cm (sheet), signed and dated lower right.
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1920s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art

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Drypoint

Adam und Eva
By Max Beckmann
Located in Berlin, DE
Signed in pencil lower right Beckmann. From the edition of 50 impressions on different papers. Aside from this edition, Hofmaier records 4 proof impressions (II and III A). Strong im...
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1910s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art

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Drypoint

Liebespaar I - Etching and Drypoint by Max Beckmann - 1916
By Max Beckmann
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint. Signed and dated in pencil. Extremely rare artist's proof, II state on 2 A/C variant, before the editions Marées-Gesellschaft R. Piper & C. Printed in 1919 by ...
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1910s Modern Max Beckmann Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Die Bettler (The Beggars)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Die Bettler (The Beggars) Lithograph, 1922 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) From: Berliner Reise Series, Plate 7 Printed on wove paper Edition: 100...
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1920s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art

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Lithograph

Spring (Fruling) (also known as Street in Frankfort)
By Max Beckmann
Located in New York, NY
Max Beckmann, Spring (Fruling) (also known as Street in Frankfort), etching and drypoint, 1918, signed lower right. Reference: Hofmaier 133IIb, from the edition of 60 on laid paper; ...
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1910s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Max Beckmann German Expressionist Etching 1922, Maiden Sleeping in the Cornfield
By Max Beckmann
Located in Phoenix, AZ
A fine example of a very rare etching and drypoint by German Expressionist Max Beckmann, an edition of 50. Titled lower left corner in pencil: Schlafendes Madchen im Kornfield. (Mai...
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Early 20th Century Max Beckmann Art

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. MAX BECKMANN (1884 – 1950) LIEBESPAAR ll (LOVERS) 1918 (H.126./ iiBB) Etching and drypoint, edition 60 on laid paper + 40 on japan. Signed in pencil. Plate 5 from the Gesichter (Faces) portfolio. 8 5/8 x 10 ¼”. Full margin in excellent condition. Published: Marees-Gesellschaft, R. Piper and Co., Munich with their blind stamp. POR German Expressionism, European Modernism, Die Brucke...
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The Artist (or Draughtsman) in Society (Der Zeichner in Gesellschaft)
By Max Beckmann
Located in New York, NY
Max Beckmann (1884-1950), The Artist (or Draughtsman) in Society (Der Zeichner in Gesellschaft), drypoint, 1922, signed in pencil and inscribed "probedruck" (trial proof), on cream w...
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The Barker (Self Portrait)
By Max Beckmann
Located in New York, NY
Max Beckmann (1884-1950), The Barker (Self Portrait), drypoint, 1921, from Der Jahrmarkt. Reference: Hofmaier 191 IIB.b. From the edition of 125 on wove paper (there was also an edition of 75 on Japan). With the blindstamp of Mariees Gesellschaft, Munich. In very good condition, the full sheet, with deckle edges, 13 1/8 x 10 1/2, the sheet 20 3/4 x 15 inches, archival mounting. A fine impression. Only a few proofs were made of the first state; in the second state Beckmann strengthened some of the letters in the sign at the left but made no changes to the composition. Four proofs were made (this is Hofmaier’s IIA; then came the edition, IIB, in two sections, the 75 proofs on Japan, and the 125 on wove. In this introductory plate to the 10 drypoint set Der Jahrmarkt (The Fair) Beckmann is shown next to the small advertising card...
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1920s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art

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Drypoint

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