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MAX BECKMANN Two lithographs.
Taufe Christi, 1911. 235x220 mm; 9 1/4x8 3/4 inches, full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right * Christus und die Sünderin, 1911. 259x234 mm; 10 1/4x9 1/4 inches, full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right. Both an edition of 190. Printed by Glückselig, Berlin. Published by E. W. Tieffenback, Berlin. From Sechs Lithographien zum Neuen Testament. Both superb impressions.
According to Hofmaier, "It is with Sechs Lithographien zum Neuen Testament that Beckmann's career as a printmaker genuinely begins and would continue, without interruption, until 1925. The impulse to make prints would seem to have come from Eduard Wilhelm Tieffenbach (1883-1948), who had studied mathematics and physics, but who in 1911 abandoned a scientific career and, together with his wife, and in every sense an 'amateur,' founded the Officina Serpents . . . Although the press was to concentrate upon bibliophile editions, in its first several years it published portfolios and single prints by Beckmann and two artists who belonged to his circle of friends, Wilhelm Giese (1883-1945) and Waldemar Rösler (1882-1916). Hofmaier 19 and 20.
