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Liebespaar I. 1916.
Etching.
Signed, titled "Liebespaar I" and dated [19](16). From an edition of 40 copies. On Japan. 23.2 x 29.7 cm (9.1 x 11.6 in). Sheet: 30 x 37,5 cm (11,8 x 14,7 in).
Sheet 4 from the portfolio Gesichter. Printed by Franz Hanfstaengel, Munich. Published as the thirteenth print of the Marées Society (with blind stamp), by R. Piper & Co., Munich, 1919.
PROVENANCE: Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg.
In family ownership ever since.
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. 54.
Schießbude und Irrenhaus. Die Mappenwerke von Max Beckmann 1919-1922, August Macke Haus, Bonn, February 6 - May 3, 2015, cat. no. 3.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 88 II B a (of II C b).
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 82.
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