Drypoint. Signed, dated, and inscribed “Siesta.” Signed, dated, and inscribed on the reverse of the plate. From an edition of 40 copies. On Japan paper. 30 x 25.5 cm. Sheet: 37,8 x 31,8 cm. Sheet 7 from the portfolio “Gesichter” (Faces). Printed by Franz Hanfstaengel, Munich. Published as the thirteenth print of the Marées Gesellschaft (with blind stamp), by R. Piper & Co., Munich, 1919. [AW]. - Extremely detailed and very complex composition. - The male figure in the upper center is a self-portrait. - The male figure on the right (with a mustache) represents the artist's friend Ugi Battenberg (1879-1957). - Another copy of this work is in the collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. IV B a (of IV C b). Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, catalogue raisonné no. 100.
Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair House, Bad Homburg, October 19-December 9, 2001; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1-April 7, 2002; Ulmer Museum, Ulm, April 27-June 30, 2002, cat. no. 63. Schießbude und Irrenhaus. Die Mappenwerke von Max Beckmann 1919-1922, August Macke Haus, Bonn, February 6-May 3, 2015, cat. no. 5
Dr. J. Lindenberger Collection, Frankfurt am Main. Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main. Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 1994). In family ownership ever since
In good condition. Overall slightly browned, slightly more so on the outer edges of the sheet. There is a tiny puncture hole in the upper left corner of the sheet. The top layer of the paper is slightly worn in the upper margin of the sheet.
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Drypoint. Signed, dated, and inscribed “Siesta.” Signed, dated, and inscribed on the reverse of the plate. From an edition of 40 copies. On Japan paper. 30 x 25.5 cm. Sheet: 37,8 x 31,8 cm. Sheet 7 from the portfolio “Gesichter” (Faces). Printed by Franz Hanfstaengel, Munich. Published as the thirteenth print of the Marées Gesellschaft (with blind stamp), by R. Piper & Co., Munich, 1919. [AW]. - Extremely detailed and very complex composition. - The male figure in the upper center is a self-portrait. - The male figure on the right (with a mustache) represents the artist's friend Ugi Battenberg (1879-1957). - Another copy of this work is in the collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. IV B a (of IV C b). Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, catalogue raisonné no. 100.
Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair House, Bad Homburg, October 19-December 9, 2001; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1-April 7, 2002; Ulmer Museum, Ulm, April 27-June 30, 2002, cat. no. 63. Schießbude und Irrenhaus. Die Mappenwerke von Max Beckmann 1919-1922, August Macke Haus, Bonn, February 6-May 3, 2015, cat. no. 5
Dr. J. Lindenberger Collection, Frankfurt am Main. Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main. Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 1994). In family ownership ever since
In good condition. Overall slightly browned, slightly more so on the outer edges of the sheet. There is a tiny puncture hole in the upper left corner of the sheet. The top layer of the paper is slightly worn in the upper margin of the sheet.
Edvard Munch 
