Art (1900-1945) > Figurative Painting (1900-30s ) Max Beckmann - Biography

Cafémusik. 1918.
Drypoint.
Signed. Copy outside the edition. Misprint, with the corresponding blind stamp of the Marées Society. On wove paper. 30.5 x 23 cm (12 x 9 in). Papier: 45,8 x 34,2 cm (18 x 13,4 in).
Sheet 9 from the portfolio "Gesichter". Printed by Franz Hanfstaengel, Munich. Published as the thirteenth print by the Marées Gesellschaft (with blind stamp) by R. Piper & Co., Munich, 1919.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Rodheim, Rosbach/Rodheim.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 1993).
EXHIBITION: Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, October 19–December 9, 2001; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1–April 7, 2002; Ulmer Museum, Ulm, April 27–June 30, 2002, cat. no. 64.
LITERATURE: Cf. James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 130 III B (of B).
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 101.
In good condition. The sheet is slightly creased and discolored overall. With a fe small handling marks. Some more pronounced crease marks in the lower right corner and along the edges. A few tiny foxmarks outside the image. Corners with mounting remains, slightly pressing through to the recto.
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