Max Beckmann
Lot 42

Max Beckmann

Malepartus, from: Hölle

Closed17 September 2014

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GBP 25,000

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Max Beckmann
Malepartus, from: Hölle
lithograph, 1919, on simili Japan paper, signed and titled in pencil, numbered 5/75, a fine, rich and slightly tonal impression, published by I. B. Neumann, Berlin, with margins, the sheet reduced on all sides, a pale moisture stain in the right margins, a short tear at the right sheet edge, some minor creases and handling marks in the margins, the subject in very good condition
L. 662 x 403 mm., S. 710 x 545 mm.

Specialist note

Malepartus was the name of a nightclub in Frankfurt, which borrowed its name from the fox’s residence in Goethe’s epic poem ‘Reineke Fuchs’. It is the juxtaposition of images of violence and misery with those of glamour and decadence, which gives Beckmann’s depictions of the inter-war years their bite.