Drypoint. Signed. From an edition of 100 copies. On wove paper. 19.6 x 14.6 cm. Sheet: 31,9 x 23,5 cm.
Frontispiece for the deluxe edition of Kurt Pfister, Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart, Leipzig 1920. Printed by Meissner & Buch, Leipzig. Published by Klinkhardt und Biermann, Leipzig 1920. [AW].
- Impressive in appearance and with particularly striking lines. - Frontispiece of the 1920 publication “Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart” (Contemporary German Graphic Artists) by the art historian Kurt Pfister (1895-1951). - Self-portraits recur throughout the artist's oeuvre.
LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 172 B (of B) Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 144.