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Schwebende by Max Beckmann, 1944, Indian ink and pencil on cream-coloured laid paper with watermark 'PH ANTIQUE', offered Sep 2025Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗

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Schwebende

Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950) · 1944

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Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate CHF 75,000 (≈ $94,028) (≈ £69,434) (≈ €80,242)

Offered at Kornfeld and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

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As published: “Indian ink and pencil on cream-coloured laid paper with watermark 'PH ANTIQUE'”
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Paper
Signed / inscribed
Signed by the artist in ink
Category
Drawings
Dimensions
26.9 x 36.5 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 286: 100 Selected Works of Art - Live Auction (286)
Date
September 12, 2025
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
107
Estimate
CHF 75,000 (≈ $94,028) (≈ £69,434) (≈ €80,242)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 28, 2026
Provenance (1)
  • The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the back, Lugt 913b
Exhibitions (4)
  • Bielefeld/Tübingen/Frankfurt am Main 1977/1978, Kunsthalle/Kunsthalle/Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Max Beckmann, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1903-1950, cat. no. 168
  • Cologne 1984, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Max Beckmann, cat. no. 97
  • Bern 1989, Kunstmuseum, Von Goya bis Tinguely, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus einer Privatsammlung [The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection], cat. no. 147
  • Amsterdam/Munich 2007/2008, Van Gogh Museum/Pinakothek der Moderne, Max Beckmann - Exil in Amsterdam, cat. no. 65
Literature (3)
  • Catalogue raisonné: This sheet will be included in the catalogue raisonné of Max Beckmann's drawings currently in preparation by Stephan von Wiese and Hedda Finke
  • Fritz Erpel, Max Beckmann, Leben im Werk - Die Selbstbildnisse, Berlin 1985, cat. 211/B
  • Jeannot Simmen, Vertigo, Schwindel der modernen Kunst, Munich 1990, p. 155

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