Max Beckmann Art
German
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.(Biography provided by Warnock Fine Arts)
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Artist: Max Beckmann
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
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 by Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., with the Marées-Gesellschaft blindstamp in the margin. The printer was Fritz Voigt, of Berlin. This impression is one of 220 printed on cream wove paper from a total edition of 300 (consisting of 220 on wove and 80 on japon paper). The image measures 13 3/4 x 13 inches (350 x 331 mm); the total sheet measures 20 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (520 x 472 mm) with full original margins and deckle edges.
In very good condition; with minor creasing near the edges of the sheet and a tiny pinhole in the space above the figure's right eye (hardly visible).
This is one of several portraits of a mysterious woman called "Naila" that were done by Max Beckmann. It is now known that Naila was Dr. Hildegard Melms, and that Beckmann had an affair with her in 1923, the same year he executed this print. This important German Expressionist woodcut...
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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
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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Etching, Drypoint
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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1920s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art
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Drypoint
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
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
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The Drunkard in Spring —after Gustav Mahler's 'The Song of the Earth'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Arthur Paunzen, 'Der Trunkene im Frühling' (The Drunkard in Spring) from the suite 'Song of the Earth', etching, aquatint, and drypoint, 1920. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream, wove Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (2 1/4 to 4 1/4 inches), in good condition. Image size 12 3/8 x 9 1/8 inches; sheet size 19 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
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Das Evangelium nach Matthäus (The Gospel according to Matthew) /// Otto Dix Art
By Otto Dix
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969)
Title/Portfolio: "Das Evangelium nach Matthäus (The Gospel according to Matthew)"
*Unsigned edition
Year: 1960
Medium: The Complete Book Portfolio of 33 Original Lithographs on white smooth offset paper
Limited edition: 1,366/2,000
Printer: Klibor, Berlin, Germany
Publisher: Käthe Vogt Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Reference: "Otto Dix: Das Graphische Werk" - Karsch No. 235-267, page 227-246
Overall book size: 11.75" x 9.38"
Each sheet size: 11.38" x 9"
Condition: Some light wear to outer dust jacket associated with age, otherwise the inside and all works are in excellent condition
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Provenance: private collection - Windhagen, Germany. Hand numbered in back. Printed in black from zinc plates. Book binding by Wübben & Co, cover and graphic design by Reinhart Braun both in Berlin, Germany. The complete 107 page book includes 33 original lithographs, 25 of which are are full page size, and text of the "Book of Matthew".
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2. 2,000 book edition on white offset paper
2a. 1-100 in Saffiano Leather signed by Dix
2b. 101-400 bound in half-parchment signed by Dix
2c. 401-2,000 bound in linen unsigned (*Our example offered here.)
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Four Figures and a Head, on Giant Phallus by Claes Oldenburg erotic nude scene
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
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The Solitary One in Autumn—after Gustav Mahler's 'The Song of the Earth'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Arthur Paunzen, 'Der Einsame im Herbst' (The Solitary One in Autumn) from the suite 'Song of the Earth', etching, aquatint, and drypoint, 1920. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower left. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream, wove Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (2 3/8 to 4 1/8 inches), in good condition. Image size 12 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches; sheet size 19 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
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Located in Surfside, FL
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Jacob Steinhardt
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Arthur Paunzen, 'Von der Jugend' (Of Youth) from the suite 'Song of the Earth', etching, aquatint, and drypoint, 1920. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower left. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream, wove Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (2 1/4 to 4 1/4 inches), in good condition. Image size 12 1/4 x 9 1/16 inches; sheet size 19 3/4 x 13 5/8 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
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Self Portrait by Jim Dine (plate seven from Self Portraits portfolio 1971)
By Jim Dine
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Lovers I
By Max Beckmann
Located in Wien, 9
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Spielende Kinder
By Max Beckmann
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this drypoint on Japan paper. Signed, titled and dated in the lower margin by Beckmann, with the blindstamp. From the edition of 60 printed by Franz Hanfsta...
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Die Fürstin: Illustration zu Kapitel 3
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)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Der Zeichner in Gesellechaft (The Draftsman in Society)
Drypoint, 1922
Signed in pencil in lower right corner
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'Rugby players' Max Beckmann exhibition poster Musée National d'Art Moderne
By Max Beckmann
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This rare poster was produced for the 1968 exhibition of the work of lauded German Expressionist Max Beckmann at the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris. The poster features the 1929 painting "Rugby...
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LIEBESPAAR II - (LOVERS)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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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
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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.
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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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1920s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art
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GESELLSCHAFT (SOCIETY)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Portland, ME
Beckmann, Max. GESELLSCHAFT (SOCIETY). Gallwitz 63B, Hofmeier 86iiiB. Drypoint, 1915. The second state, after the addition of the fish on the platter at the lower left, published in ...
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1910s Expressionist Max Beckmann Art
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Fruhling (Spring)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MAX BECKMANN (1884 - 1950)
FRUHLING (Spring) 1918 (H.133 IIb?: G 104)
Etching and drypoint, edition 60 on laid paper + 40 on japan. Signed in
pencil. ...
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1910s Modern Max Beckmann Art
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Etching
Hinter den Kulissen (Behind the Scenes)
By Max Beckmann
Located in Palm Desert, CA
drypoint
Signed in pencil lower right, "Max Beckmann."
Edition: of 200
Provenance:
By descent to current owner in 2011
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Spring, from: Faces Frühling, from: Gesichter
By Max Beckmann
Located in London, GB
MAX BECKMANN 1884-1950
Leipzig 1884-1950 New York (German)
Title: Spring, from: Faces Frühling, from: Gesichter, 1918
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