Lot 376
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Max Beckmann

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Max Beckmann
  • Taubstumme (Deaf-mute)
  • Signed Beckmann and dated 21 (lower right); titled (lower center) 
  • Black crayon and pencil on paper laid down on paper
  • 10 1/2 by 7 3/8 in.
  • 26.6 by 18.7 cm

Provenance

Sale: Christie's, London, October 8, 1998, lot 204
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in August 1999

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper laid down on paper which is hinged to a mount at two places along top edge on verso.Edges are deckled. Medium is strong and fresh. There is a mat stain around the perimeter of the work and the sheet is slightly time darkened. There are a few minor creases particularly at the extreme bottom edge of the sheet. The sheet is slightly dirty, otherwise fine. This work is in good condition.
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