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MAX BECKMANN Bildnis der Tänzerin Sent M'Ahesa.
Lithograph, 1921. 635x465 mm; 24 7/8x18 3/8 (sheet), full margins. Second state (of 2). Edition of approximately 50. Signed in pencil, lower right. Published by I.B. Neumann, Berlin. Ex-collection Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, with the label on frame back; and The Museum of Modern Art, Art Lending Service, New York, with label on frame back. A very good impression of this scarce lithograph.
Sent M'Ahesa (1879-1970), born Else von Carlberg in Riga, Latvia, was a professional dancer who reinterpreted Egyptian dance. Beckmann made a portrait of M'Ahesa while at a Dresden sanatorium. Hofmaier 182.
