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German Expressionist Prints
June 17th - July 12th, 2008

01_Ernst_BARLACH_Die_Dome 02_Max_BECKMANN_Grosse_Operation 03_Max_BECKMANN_Liebespaar_I_ 04_Max_BECKMANN_Selbstbildnis_von_vorn

Ernst BARLACH
(1870 - 1938)
Die Dome 1920
(The Dome )
Woodcut, on Japan paper
from the edition of 110
Signed in pencil
Subject: 25.7 x 36 cm
Sheet: 32.7 x 45.6 cm
Schult 165

Max BECKMANN
(1884-1950)
Grosse Operation
probably 1914
(The Large Operation)
Drypoint, on laid paper
from the edition of 60 on this paper (there were also 40 impressions on Japon printed before steel-facing),
published by the Marées Gesellschaft, Munich, 1919,
with their blindstamp, the full sheet, Plate 18 from
portfolio Gesichter (faces)
publ Reinhard Piper, Munich
signed in pencil
Subject: 29.8 x 44.8 cm
Sheet: 36.7 x 51.5 cm
Hofmaier 81 VI Bb

Max BECKMANN
(1884-1950)
Liebespaar I 1916
(Lovers I )
Drypoint, second (final) state, one of 60 proofs after steel-facing, on laid paper, with the Marées Gesellschaft
blindstamp, with full margins
Plate 4 from portfolio
Gesichter (faces)
publ Reinhard Piper, Munich
signed in pencil
Subject: 23.8 x 30cm
Sheet: 30 x 37cm
Provenance: Cynthia & Dimitri Hadzi
Hofmaier 88 II Bb

Max BECKMANN
(1884-1950)
Selbstbildnis von vorn, im Hintergrund Haubgiebel
probably 1922
(Frontal Self-Portrait with House Gable in Background)
Drypoint, on wove paper, from the total edition of one hundred (some of which were numbered out of thirty, as here), published by R. Piper, Munich, the full sheet
Inscribed: signed in pencil numbered 19/30 by Günther Franke
Subject: 30.5 x 26.5cm
Sheet: 53.7 x 37.6 cm
Hofmaier 125 II.B.b

       
05_Max_BECKMANN_Selbstbildnis_1920 06_Max_BECKMANN_Der_Ausrufer_Selbstbildnis_1921 07_Max_BECKMANN_Der_Neger__1921 08_Max_BECKMANN_Selbstbildnis_1922

Max BECKMANN
(1884-1950)
Selbstbildnis 1920
(Self Portrait)
Drypoint, on wove paper, probably from the edition
of one hundred published
in the book by Kurt Pfister, Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart, Published by Klinkhardt und Biermann,
Leipzig, 1920, with wide
margins
signed in pencil
Subject: 19.5 x 14.5 cm
Sheet: 31.5 x 23 cm
Hofmaier 172 B

Max BECKMANN
(1884-1950)
Der Ausrufer - Selbstbildnis 1921
(The Barker, Self-Portrait)
Drypoint on wove paper
second (final) state, the full sheet as published
from the edition of 125
Published by Marées Gesellshaft, Berlin, with their blind stamp lower right recto
from the set of ten prints
for the Jahrmarkt
(Annual Fair) portfolio
signed in pencil
Subject: 33.5 x 25.6cm
Sheet: 52.4 x 38 cm
Hofmaier 191 II B b

Max BECKMANN
(1884-1950)
Der Neger 1921
(The Negro)
Drypoint on cream wove
paper Edition of 125,
second (final) state,
full margins
Published by Marées Gesellshaft, Berlin, with their blind stamp lower right recto
from the set of ten prints
for the Jahrmarkt
(Annual Fair) portfolio
Signed in pencil lower right
Subject: 29.3 x 25.9 cm
Sheet: 53 x 38cm
Hofmaier 196 II B b

Max BECKMANN
(1884-1950)
Selbstbildnis 1922
(Self Portrait)
Woodcut, edition 22/60 on chamois laid paper
From the total edition of 200 impressions (75 on Japan, 125 on laid paper), of which some where numbered by Günther Franke to x/60 (from the edition on laid paper)
Signed in pencil lower right numbered lower left. Final state, with full margins
Subject: 22.2 x 15.5cm
Sheet: 54 x 42cm
Hofmaier 226 III B f

       
09_Max_BECKMANN_Liegende_1922 10_Lovis_CORINTH_Selbstbildnis_mit_Gattin_1904 11_Otto_DIX_Dompteuse_animal_trainer_1922 12_Otto_DIX_Selbstbildnis_1922

Max BECKMANN
(1884-1950)
Liegende 1922
(Reclining figure)
Drypoint, from the
edition of 100 impressions
on chamois wove paper
(plus 50 on Japan), of which some were numbered by Günther Franke to x/40
Signed in pencil lower right
Subject: 29.5 x 246 cm
Sheet: 52.4 x 38 cm
Hofmaier 232 Bc

Lovis CORINTH
(1858-1925)
Selbstbildnis mit Gattin
1904
(Self-portait with )
Drypoint, on laid paper,
from the edition of 50, with margins, signed in pencil
Subject: 19.8 x 17.5 cm
Sheet: 30.5 x 25.6 cm
Schwartz 23

Otto DIX
(1891 - 1969)
Dompteuse1922
(The animal trainer)
Drypoint, on chamois wove paper
Signed lower right, numbered lower left 31/50 and
titled lower centre.
Published as plate 10 in Radierwerk VI - ZIRKUS, a series of 10 etchings.
Subject: 39.7 x 29.6
Sheet: 49.7 x 42.8
Karsch 41 II

Otto DIX
(1891-1969)
Selbstbildnis 1922
(Self Portrait)
Lithograph, on wove paper
from the edition of 100
Signed in pencil
lower right DIX.
Signed again and
dated DIX 22 within the plate
Subject: 21.2 x 14.9 cm
Sheet size: 31.3 x 28.1 cm
Karsch 50

       
13_Lyonel_FEININGER_Villa_Am_Strande_IV_House_on_the_beach__1918 14_Conrad_FELIXMULLER_Madchen_am_Fenster_1916 15_Conrad_FELIXMULLER_Selbstbild_1920 16_Conrad_FELIXMULLER_1921_Marietta_with_Exposed_Breasts

Lyonel FEININGER
(1871 - 1956)
Villa Am Strande IV  1918
(House on the beach)
Woodcut
Signed in pencil lower left
One of 10 impressions
on Japan from the total
edition of 110 impressions published in the portfolio
Neue Europäische Graphik,
Erste Mappe, Meister des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar, Müller & Co. Verlag, Potsdam.
Subject: 26.5 x 34.3cm
Sheet: 32.2 x 37.8cm
Prasse W 226

Conrad FELIXMULLER
(1897 - 1977)
Mädchen am Fenster 1916
(Girl at the window)
Woodcut, on wove paper,
from the edition of 10
Signed and dated lower right
Subject: 49 x 39.2cm
Sheet: 60 x 47.5cm
Sohn 82

Conrad FELIXMULLER
(1897 - 1977)
Selbstbild 1920
(Self Portrait)
Woodblock
Signed dated and inscribed
Subject: 24.2 x 16.9cm
Sheet: 43 x 35cm
Söhn 189 a von b

Conrad FELIXMÜLLER
(1897 - 1977)
1921
(Marietta with exposed breasts )
Lithograph on wove paper
From an edition of approximately 25 impressions
Signed lower right, numbered 23/50 lower left
Subject: 41 x 29.2 cm
Sheet:58.5 x 43cm
Söhn 268

       
17_Conrad_FELIXMULLER_Christian_Rohlfs_1927 18_Werner_GOTHEIN_Lausbuben_1919 19_George_GROSZ__Ameisen_1920 20_George_GROSZ_Vollkommene_Menschen_1920

Conrad FELIXMÜLLER
(1897 - 1977)
Christian Rohlfs 1927
Woodcut
Signed lower right, signed
again with initials FM
within the plate.
On chamois laid paper.
Subject: 49.4 x 39.6cm
Sheet: 60.5 x 49cm
Söhn 370 b

Werner GOTHEIN
(1890 - 1968)
Lausbuben1919
(Rascals)
Woodcut, edition of 100
Subject: 29.7 x 23.9 cm
Sheet: 40.9 x 31.1 cm

George GROSZ
(1893 - 1959)
Ameisen  1920
(Ants)
Photolithograph, from the
total edition of 100
Signed lower right
On handmade thick paper
Published in the portfolio Im Schatten, Malik-Verlag,
Berlin 1921
Subject: 26.2 x 37.8cm
Sheet: 35 x 48.5cm
Dückers M IV, 1

George GROSZ (1893 - 1959)
Vollkommene Menschen 1920
Lithograph, one of 25 impressions on simili Japan (plus 100 on wove paper)
Signed lower right
Plate 1 from DIE SCHAFFENDEN, volume II, portfolio 4, published by Paul Westheim, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Weimar 1920.
With the blindstamp in the lower left corner.
Subject: 27 x 21.9cm
Sheet: 40.8 x 30.9cm
Dückers E 62

       
21_Erich_HECKEL_Bartiger_Mann_1908 22_Erich_HECKEL_Sitzende_am_Strand_1919_ 23_Erich_HECKEL_1913_Reclining_woman 24_Erich_HECKEL_Unterhaltung_1919

Erich HECKEL
(1883 - 1970)
Bärtiger Mann 1908
(Bearded man)
Woodcut
Signed and dated lower right
Subject: 24.1 x 19.6cm
Sheet: 44.5 x 34.5cm
Dube 147

Erich HECKEL
(1883 - 1970)
Sitzende am Strand 1919
(Woman sitting on the beach)
Woodcut, on laid paper
Signed and indistinctly
inscribed lower right
Subject: 27 x 21.5cm
Sheet:  
Dube 321

Erich HECKEL
(1883 - 1970)
Liegende 1913
(Reclining woman)
Color woodcut on thin
cream laid Japan paper
Signed and dated lower right
Subject: 18.1 x 10.8 cm
Sheet: 32 x 24cm
Dube 259/IIA

Erich HECKEL
(1883 - 1970)
Unterhaltung 1919
(Conversation)
Drypoint on heavy cream
laid paper,
Edition of 30, full margins
Signed and dated lower right
Subject: 19.4 x 16 cm
Sheet:
Dube 143

       
25_Erich_HECKEL_Madchenkopf_1919 26_Erich_HECKEL_Zwei_Manner_am_Meer_1920 27_Erich_HECKEL_Geschwister__1913 28_Max_KAUS_Madchenkopf_1920

Erich HECKEL
(1883 - 1970)
Mädchenkopf  1919
(Head of girl)
Drypoint on heavy cream
wove paper
Second state (of 2)
full margins
Signed and dated lower right
Subject: 30.2x20 cm
Sheet:
Dube 144

Erich HECKEL
(1883 - 1970)
Zwei Männer am Meer  1920
(Two men by the sea)
Woodcut, second state
(of 2). full margins
Signed and dated lower right
Subject: 46.2 x 32.7 cm
Sheet:
Dube 327

Erich HECKEL
(1883 - 1970)
Geschwister  1913
(Siblings)
Woodcut, on laid paper
Full sheet as published,
a deckle edge at left
Signed and dated lower right
A pen and ink inscription probably by the artist on the reverse
Subject: 41 x 30.8 cm
Sheet size:  63.8 x 47.8 cm
Dube

Max KAUS
(1891 - 1977)
Mädchenkopf  1920
(Head of a girl)
Woodcut, on wove paper
Published by DIE SCHAFFENDEN, III. volume, 1. portfolio, Berlin 1921, with the blindstamp in the lower left corner
Signed and dated lower right
Inscribed by the printer gedr. F. Voigt lower left.
Subject: 28.8 x 12.7 cm
Sheet: 41.4 x 31.1 cm
Katalog des Brücke Museums, Max Kaus Druckgraphik, Berlin 1997, no 11

       
29_Max_KAUS_Frau_Mit_Katze_woman_with_cat_1923 30_Kathe_KOLLWITZ_Schwangere_Frau_1910 31_Kathe_KOLLWITZ_Selbstbildnis_Im_Profil_1927 32_Jeanne_MAMNEN_Madchen_Mit_Katze_young_girl_with_cat_C_1930

Max KAUS
 (1891 - 1977)
Frau Mit Katze 1923
(Woman with cat)
Lithograph, on chamois wove paper
Signed lower left.
Published as plate 5 (of 6)
in the portfolio A
kte und Köpfe.
3.
Kestnermappe, Kestnergesellschaft,
Hannover 1923
Subject: 47 x 36.5cm
Sheet: 56 x 40.5cm
Söhn 71303-5

Käthe KOLLWITZ
 (1867 - 1945)
Schwangere Frau 1910 (Pregnant woman)
Line etching, aquatint,
drypoint and soft ground
etching
Signed lower right Signed
again by the printer lower
left below the platemark O. Felsing Berlin gedr.
(printed by O. Felsing, Berlin)
Printed in brown, on
firm sturdy paper
Before the numbered
edition of 50 impressions, published by Emil Richter, Dresden 1918 and before the printed text.
Subject: 37.7 x 23.5cm
Sheet: 58 x 45cm
Von dem Knesebeck 111 IV
c (of VII)

Käthe KOLLWITZ
(1867 - 1945)
Selbstbildnis Im Profil1927
(Self-Portrait in profile)
Chalk-lithograph, on chamois smooth Japan
A rare proof impression
before the edition, Knesebeck records only five impressions
for this state.
Signed and dated lower right
Subject: 32 x 29.7cm
Sheet: 64.5 x 45cm
Knesebeck 235 a (of c)

Jeanne MAMMEN
  (1890 - 1976)
Mädchen Mit Katze   Circa 1930
(Woman with cat)
Lithograph
Signed lower right and numbered lower left 15/4.
One of only 17 known impressions, on wove paper.
Provenance: Jeanne-Mammen-Gesellschaft
Subject: 46.3 x 32.5cm
Sheet: 62.6 x 44.8vm
Döpping/Klünner D 17

       
33_Emil_NOLDE_Lumpen__1897 34_Hermann_Max_PECHSTEIN_Hafen_Fehmarn 35_Hermann_Max_PECHSTEIN_Zwei_Fischer_mit_Netz 36_Hermann_Max_PECHSTEIN_Vater_Unser_der_Du_bist_im_Himmel

Emil NOLDE
(1867 - 1956)
Lumpen  1897 - 98
(Villians/scoundrels/rogues)  
Drypoint on heavy
wove paper
Signed, lower right
“E Hansen”
(Nolde’s real name,
he changed it in 1907)
Printed by O. Felsing, Berlin
Subject:  9.8 x 6.4 cm
Sheet:
Schiefler/Mosel R. 1/III

Max PECHSTEIN
(1881 - 1955)
Hafen Fehmarn  1923
(Fehmarn Harbour)
Etching, drypoint and
aquatint,
Signed lower right and
numbered 1/60 lower left full margins.
Subject: 17.5 x 24.3cm
Sheet:
Krüger 152

Hermann Max PECHSTEIN (1881 - 1955)
Zwei Fischer mit Netz 1923
(Two fishermen with net)
Woodcut, on wove paper,
with full margins
published by Euphorion
Verlag, Berlin,
signed lower right, numbered 11/51 lower left
Subject: 32 x 40 cm
Sheet: 51.7 x 59.7 cm
Krüger H 286

Hermann Max PECHSTEIN (1881 - 1955)
Vater Unser, der Du bist im Himmel  1921
(Our Father who Art in Heaven)
Hand-coloured woodcut on heavy wove paper. From the edition of 50 impressions, hand-coloured under the artist's supervision.
Plate 2 from the cycle Das Vater Unser
(The Lord's Prayer)
Signed lower right, signed by F. Voigt lower left
Subject: 40.3 x 29.8 cm
Sheet: 69.5 x 41cm
Krüger H. 258/A

       
37_Hermann_Max_PECHSTEIN_Kopf_eines_Seemannes_1922 38_Christian_ROHLFS_Beratung__Drei_Manner_Im_Gesprach_1913 39_Karl_SCHMIDTROTTLUFF_Kopf__1915  

Hermann Max PECHSTEIN (1881 - 1955)
Kopf eines Seemannes 
1922
(Head of a sailor)
Woodcut on Japan paper
Edition of 100, full margins
Initialed and dated lower right
Subject: 40.3 x 30.1 cm
Sheet:  
Krüger 269

Christian ROHLFS
(1849 - 1938)
Beratung -
Drei Männer
Im Gespräch
1913
(Counsel – Three men in conversation)
Woodcut, an early impression before the crack in the woodblock in the center
of the lower part,
Signed lower right on the support sheet
and titled lower left
Subject: 36 x 26.7 cm
Sheet: 52 x 335 cm
Utermann 98

Karl SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF (1884 - 1976)
Kopf 1915
(Head)
Woodcut, on laid paper
Signed and dated lower right
Subject: 24.8 x 17.8 cm
Sheet: 49.6 x 33 cm
Schapire 174