Sale 2532 - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, March 5, 2020

402 c MAX BECKMANN Bordell in Gent . Drypoint, 1915. 145x199 mm; 5 3 / 4 x7 7 / 8 inches, full margins. Signed, dated and numbered 12/20 in pencil, lower margin. Published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin. A superb impression of this extremely scarce print. The figure lower left is a self-portrait of Beckmann (1884-1950), who during 1915 was a volunteer assistant to the medical corps of the German army. His post at the time was Verwicq, Belguim, and he visited Brussels, Lille, Ostende and Ghent, whence the representation of this brothel scene. Hofmaier 85. [4,000/6,000] 403 c MAX BECKMANN Liegende. Drypoint on cream wove paper, 1922. 296x257 mm; 11 5 / 8 x10 1 / 4 inches, full margins. Edition of 100 on wove paper (there was also an edition of 50 on Japan paper). Signed in pencil, lower right. A superb, dark and richly-inked impression. Hofmaier 232. [4,000/6,000] 404 c MAX BECKMANN Bildnis des Schauspielers N. M. Zeretelli. Drypoint on Japan paper, circa 1924. 183x140 mm; 7 1 / 4 x5 1 / 2 inches, full margins. Edition of 100. Signed in pencil, lower right. Published by R. Piper & Co., Marées-Gesellschaft, Munich. From Der Dritten Ganymed-Mappe . A very good impression. Hofmaier 301. [1,500/2,500] 404