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The Smoker (Self-Portrait), Max Beckmann

Max Beckmann

The Smoker (Self-Portrait)

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The Smoker (Self-Portrait), 1916

Blatt: 360 x 260 mm
Platte: 171 x 125 mm

Physical Description: Drypoint etching on laid paper Second state (of II)

Inventory Number: SG 2948

Object Number: SG 2948 D

Acquisition: Acquired in 1949 from the collection of Ugi and Fridel Battenberg

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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Title: The Smoker (Self-Portrait)

Artist

Max Beckmann

Edition: Probeabzug vor der Auflage

Period Produced

20th century

Object Type

art print

Physical Description: Drypoint etching on laid paper Second state (of II)

Material

laid paper

Technique

dry point

Geographic Reference

German

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert, datiert und mit Widmung an Fridel Battenberg unterhalb der Darstellung rechts (mit Bleistift): Beckmann 17 / der Titti; betitelt unterhalb der Darstellung links: Der Raucher

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): 10.
Verso Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: oben Schriftzug von Poensgen & Heyer: PH Antique

Work Catalogues: Hofmaier 98 II A (von II B)
Beckmann-Liste 89
Glaser 92
Gallwitz 81

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26.08.2025