Lithograph. Signed and dated. Copy from an edition of unknown print run, in addition to the edition of 11 copies. On wove paper (with the watermark “Original Hand Linen P & H”). 37.1 x 27 cm. Sheet: 47 x 30 cm.
Sheet 1 from the portfolio “Die Hölle” (Hell). Printed by C. Naumann's Druckerei, Frankfurt am Main. Published by I.B. Neumann, Berlin, autumn 1919. [AW].
- Rare print from the first printing state. - Title page of the portfolio “Die Hölle” (Hell), in which Beckmann addresses his experiences during World War I. - The lithographic cycle is considered a key work in his graphic oeuvre, and copies can be found in important collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 139 I B (of III). Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, catalogue raisonné no. 113. - - Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 229th auction, June 2, 2002, lot 232 (illustrated on plate 81).