Max Beckmann - Der Ausrufer (Selbstbildnis) - image-1

Lot 258 D

Max Beckmann - Der Ausrufer (Selbstbildnis)

Auction 1121 - overview Cologne
30.11.2018, 17:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
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Max Beckmann

Der Ausrufer (Selbstbildnis)
1921

Etching on wove paper 33.5 x 25.5 cm (52.7 x 37.8 cm) Framed under glass. Signed. One of 125 proofs on this paper. Sheet 1 of the series "Jahrmarkt" comprising 10 etchings, printed by Franz Hanfstaengl, published by the Marées Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., Munich 1922. With the blindstamp of the Marées Gesellschaft.

“Der Ausrufer” is the opening work of “Der Jahrmarkt”, which is one of Max Beckmann's best-known portfolios and contains a total of 10 etchings. In this self-portrait, the artist personally rings in the spectacle to come. With a cigarette resting casually in the corner of his mouth and a bell in his hand, he shows his viewers the way; a sign behind his back announces the “Circus Beckmann”. For Beckmann the self-portrait was an important way of expressing and exploring himself as an individual. Here he assumes a role tailored to his own person.

Catalogue Raisonné

Hofmaier 191/II/B/b