Art (1900-1945) > Expressionism Max Beckmann - Biography

Die Nacht. 1922.
Lithograph.
Signed and numbered. From an edition of 100 copies. On wove paper. 68 x 53.7 cm (26.7 x 21.1 in), size of sheet.
Sheet 3 from the portfolio “Berliner Reise”. Printed by C. Naumann's Druckerei, Frankfurt am Main. Published by I. B. Neumann, Berlin, 1922.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Manfred Karowski, Rosbach/Rodheim.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 1998).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 2, Bern 1990, cat. no. 215 B (of B)
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 184.
In good condition. The sheet is all in all slightly unevenly browned, with slight mount staining. With a smoothed diagonal crease in the upper area, affecting the image in the upper right corner. A few minor creases. A brownish stain below the signature.
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