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Max Beckmann
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Max Beckmann
- Transport eines entkleideten Verwundeten oder Toten (Transport of the Undressed Wounded or Dead)
- Signed Beckmann (lower right); dated 23.2. (lower left)
- Pencil on paper
- 4 3/4 by 5 3/4 in.
- 12 by 14.6 cm
Provenance
Reinhard Piper, Munich (acquired directly from the artist)
Sale: Grisebach GmbH, Berlin, November 29, 1997, lot 222
Sale: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, June 13, 1998, lot 459
Worthington Gallery, Inc., Chicago
Acquired from the above
Sale: Grisebach GmbH, Berlin, November 29, 1997, lot 222
Sale: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, June 13, 1998, lot 459
Worthington Gallery, Inc., Chicago
Acquired from the above
Exhibited
Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Max Beckmann in der Sammlung Piper: Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Dokumente: 1910-1923, 1974, no. 12
Munich, Galerie Günther Franke, Max Beckmann: 180 Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus deutschem und amerikanischem Besitz, 1975, no. 12
Munich, Galerie Günther Franke, Max Beckmann: 180 Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus deutschem und amerikanischem Besitz, 1975, no. 12
Literature
Stephan von Wiese, Max Beckmanns zeichnerisches Werk 1903-1925, Dusseldorf, 1978, no. 228
Condition
The drawing is executed on cream colored wove paper and is in excellent condition.
It is attached to the mat at the four corners. There is a minor vertical tear to the paper at the center of the upper edge, approx. 1/8 in. Very minor time fading to paper commensurate with age.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This drawing was executed in 1915 while Beckmann was serving as a medical corpsman in the German Army near the front in Verwik, Belgium. It is an impressive document showing the development of the artist's changing style as he is experiencing the horrors of war. Theses studies of the wounded and dead would ultimately be used in his monumental composition Auferstehung (Resurrection) in the collection of the Stattsgalerie, Stuttgart.