Catalog summary
Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950) Self-Portrait (Hofmaier 139 I) Lithograph, 1918-19, on laid, signed and dated '18' in pencil, one of only 18 impressions of the first state of three (Hofmaier states 11 known impressions), before the edition of 50 as the cover plate of the portfolio 'Die Hölle', and the edition of 75 as the first plate of the same portfolio, the edition was printed by C.Naumann's Druckerei, Frankfurt, published by I.B. Neumann, 373 x 270mm (14 3/4 x 10 5/8in)(SH)