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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
EVENING (SELF PORTRAIT with the Battenbergs)
EVENING (SELF PORTRAIT with the Battenbergs)

EVENING (SELF PORTRAIT with the Battenbergs)

By Max Beckmann

Located in Santa Monica, CA

MAX BECKMANN (German 1884 - 1950) EVENING (Self-Portrait with the Battenbergs) 1916, (Hofmaier 90: Gallwitz 67) Etching and drypoint, Plate 10 from the portfolio Gesichter (Faces)...

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1910s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Liebespaar I - Etching and Drypoint by Max Beckmann - 1916
Liebespaar I - Etching and Drypoint by Max Beckmann - 1916

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)
Die Bettler (The Beggars)

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

Frau H.M. Naila signed original woodcut

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

Spring (Fruling) (also known as Street in Frankfort)

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

Portrait of Baron Simolin II (large version)

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

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Männlicher Kopf im Profil (Male Head in Profile) /// German Expressionism Modern
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Eclipse I - In Celebration of Pride Month
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By Mikio Watanabe

Located in New Orleans, LA

Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. Eclipse I is from an edition of 90 Mezzotint artist Mikio Watanabe was born in 19...

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Trois Femmes Lithograph Print, Expressionist Style, Mid-20th Century

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Located in Belgrade, MT

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By Bernhard Kretzschmar

Located in New York, NY

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“Sur la Plage, a Bernival”
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By Pierre Auguste Renoir

Located in Southampton, NY

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Located in Zurich, CH

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Located in Phoenix, AZ

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Lovers I

Max BeckmannLovers I, 1916

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By Max Beckmann

Located in Wien, 9

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Spielende Kinder

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By Max Beckmann

Located in New York, NY

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Die Fürstin: Illustration zu Kapitel 3

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By Max Beckmann

Located in New York, NY

A very good, richly-inked impression of this drypoint. Edition of 130. Signed in pencil by Beckmann. Published by Gustav Kiepenheuer, Weimar. From "Die Fürstin."

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Der Zeichner in Gesellechaft (The Draftsman in Society)
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Located in Fairlawn, OH

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Located in Milwaukee, WI

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Der Neger (The Negro)
Der Neger (The Negro)

Der Neger (The Negro)

By Max Beckmann

Located in Santa Monica, CA

MAX BECKMANN (1884 – 1950) DER NEGER (THE NEGRO) 1921 (Glaser 171. Gallwitz 168. Hofmaier 196 II B b. Rifkind 138 6.) Drypoint, Signed in pencil from Jahrmarkt (The Annual Fair) . O...

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LIEBESPAAR II - (LOVERS)
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LIEBESPAAR II - (LOVERS)

By Max Beckmann

Located in Santa Monica, CA

. 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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ZEICHNER IN GESELLSCHAFT

ZEICHNER IN GESELLSCHAFT

By Max Beckmann

Located in Portland, ME

Beckmann, Max. DER ZEICHNER IN GESELLSCHAFT. Hofmeier 230. Drypoint, 1922. Third state of three. Edition of approximately 100. Signed by Beckmann in pencil, lower right, and number...

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1920s Max Beckmann Art

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Drypoint

The Artist (or Draughtsman) in Society (Der Zeichner in Gesellschaft)

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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1920s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art

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The Barker (Self Portrait)
The Barker (Self Portrait)

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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