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Max Beckmann, Die Letzten, 1919, Black litho chalk on transfer paper© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Die Letzten

Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950) · 1919

CHF 240,000 hammer

≈ $283,320≈ £215,995≈ €255,681

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Medium
Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →
As published: “Black litho chalk on transfer paper”
Support
Paper
Signed / inscribed
Signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower right
Category
Prints (general)
Dimensions
72.5 x 50 cm, drawing; 85 x 61 cm, sheet size
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 280: Highlights from the - Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection - Live Auction (280)
Date
September 13, 2024
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
31
Estimate
CHF 300,000 – — (≈ $354,150) (≈ £269,993) (≈ €319,601)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (4)
  • Max Beckmann, probably acquired by
  • Reinhard Piper Collection, Munich
  • Auktion Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 15 June 1972, lot 32, acquired there by
  • The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 913b
Exhibitions (7)
  • Bielefeld 1977, Kunsthalle, Max Beckmann, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1903-1950, cat. no. 82, ill.
  • Tübingen 1978, Kunsthalle, Max Beckmann, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1903-1950, cat. no. 82, ill.
  • Frankfurt am Main 1978, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Max Beckmann, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1903-1950, cat. no. 82, ill.
  • Frankfurt am Main 1984, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Max Beckmann, Frankfurt 1915-1933, cat. no. 122, ill.
  • Bern 1989, Kunstmuseum Bern, Von Goya bis Tinguely, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus einer Privatsammlung [Slg. Eberhard W. Kornfeld], cat. no. 146, ill. p. 259
  • Vienna 2008/2009, Albertina, Wege der Moderne, Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, cat. no. 92, p. 284, ill. 154
  • Bern 2009/2010, Zentrum Paul Klee - Paul Klees Grafik, Die Passion des Eberhard W. Kornfeld (no cat.)
Literature (2)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Stephan von Wiese, Max Beckmanns zeichnerisches Werk 1903-1925, Düsseldorf 1978, no. 418
  • Alexander Dückers, Max Beckmann. Die Hölle, 1919, in: Exhibition catalogue Max Beckmann, Die Hölle, 1919, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin 1983, p. 108f. p. 104, ill.131

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