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434 MAX BECKMANN
Prinzessin Ursula von Bärwalde in Trauer den
König Jerum
.
Drypoint, 1923. 196x151 mm; 7
7
/
8
x6 inches,
full margins. Edition of 220. Signed in
pencil, lower right. Printed by Fritz Voigt,
Berlin. Published by Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin.
From
Fanferlieschen Schönefüsschen
. A superb
impression of this extremely scarce print.
According to Hofmaier, very few examples
of this work—illustrating fairy tales by the
German Romantic author Clemens Bretano
(1778-1842)—are known. Presumably some
were lost and destroyed in the war, Hofmaier
further believes that Beckmann was unhappy
with the publication in general and blocked
its release.
We have found only 3 other impressions at
auction in the past 30 years. Hofmaier 298.
[2,500/3,500]
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