May 05, 2005 - Sale 2042

Sale 2042 - Lot 431

Price Realized: $ 7,475
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
MAX BECKMANN
Der Neger.

Drypoint on cream laid paper, 1921. 290x262 mm; 111/2x103/8 inches, full margins. Second state (of 2). Artist's proof, before steel-facing and aside from the edition of 40 on Japan paper. Signed, titled, dated "21" and inscribed "(handprobedruck)" in pencil, lower margin. Published by Marées Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., Munich. From Der Jahrmarkt. A brilliant, early impression with richly-inked burr. Hofmaier 196.