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German Expressionist Prints, 1904-1928 (The Goldman Collection)

The following catalogue lists the German Expressionist prints exhibited in "Walking a Tightrope." Click on the artist's name (in
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Ernst Barlach
Der Blutflecken 2 (The Bloodspot 2), 1912
Plate 16 from Der tote Tag (The Dead Day)
Lithograph, 20.4 x 25.8 (51.8 x 66.3)
Edition of 210, on Bütten, (150 on butten; 60 on Japan)
Pencil signed
Ref. Schult II 34
Fig. 19

Ernst Barlach
Selig sind die Barmherzigen (Blessed Are the Merciful), 1916
Lithograph, 25.3 x 22.0 (34.3 x 26.7)
Der Bildermann 1.16 (Nov. 1916) edition (size unknown)
Signed in plate
Ref. Schult II 81
Fig. 14

Ernst Barlach
Mors Imperator (Emperor Death), 1919
Woodcut, 27.5 x 36.0 (36.4 x 44.8)
Edition of 100, on Bütten (21/100)
Pencil signed
Ref. Schult II 156


Ernst Barlach
Kreuz- und Sargräuber (Cross and Grave Robbers), 1919
Woodcut, 26.2 x 36.0 (36.5 x 44.9)
Edition of 100, on Bütten (2/100)
Pencil signed
Ref. Schult II 158


Ernst Barlach
Selbstbildnis II (Self-Portrait II), 1928
Lithograph, 29.4 x 22.5 (52.7 x 39.2)
Edition of 50, on Bütten (40/50)
Pencil signed
Ref. Schult II 283


Max Beckmann
Prosit Neujahr 1917 (Happy New Year 1917), 1917
Plate 17 from Gesichter (Faces)
Drypoint, 23.9 x 30.0 (29.5 x 37.0)
Edition of 100, on Bütten (60 on Bütten; 40 on Japan)
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 108 VI B b

Max Beckmann
Untitled, 1917
Illustration to Chapter 4 of Die Fürstin (The Dutchess), by Kasimir Edschmid, 1918
Drypoint, 17.9 x 14.0 (31.2 x 21.9)
Preferred edition of 95, on velin
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 115 B
Fig. 22

Max Beckmann
Die Gähnenden (The Yawners), 1918
Plate 7 from Gesichter (Faces)
Drypoint, 30.5 x 25.5 (45.0 x 37.0)
Edition of 100, on Bütten (60 on Bütten; 40 on Japan)
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 129 IV B b
Fig. 30

Max Beckmann
Irrenhaus (Madhouse), 1918
Plate 16 from Gesichter (Faces)
Drypoint, 26.0 x 30.5 (37.0 x 37.0)
Edition of 100, on Bütten (60 on Bütten; 40 on Japan)
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 135 III B b

Max Beckmann
Selbstbildnis 1918 (Self-Portrait 1918), 1918
Plate 1 from Gesichter (Faces)
Drypoint, 27.5 x 25.5 (45.0 x 37.0)
Edition of 100, on Bütten (60 on Bütten; 40 on Japan)
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 137 II B b

Max Beckmann
Stadtnacht (City Night), 1920
Poems by Lili von Braunbehrens with 7 lithographs by Beckmann
Munich: R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 1921.
Lithographs bound in book
Edition of 500 (60/500)
Pencil signed on colophon
11.1 Titelblatt (Title Page)

11.2 Trinklied (Drinking Song)

11.3 Stadtnacht (City Night)

11.4 Verbitterung (Bitterness)

11.5 Vorstadtmorgen (Suburban Morning)

11.6 Möbliert (Furnished)

11.7 Die Kranke (The Sick One)
Refs. Hofmaier 164-70c

Max Beckmann
Hinter den Kulissen (Behind the Scenes), 1921
Plate 3 from Jahrmarkt (The Annual Fair)
Drypoint, 20.3 x 27.6 (38.0 x 53.0)
Edition of 200, on velin (125 on velin; 75 on Japan)
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 193 B b
Fig. 28

Max Beckmann
Der grosse Mann (The Tall Man), 1921
Plate 5 from Jahrmarkt (The Annual Fair)
Drypoint, 30.2 x 20.3 (53.0 x 58.0)
Edition of 200, on velin (125 on velin; 75 on Japan)
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 195 II B b
Fig. 29

Max Beckmann
Die Seiltänzer (The Tightrope Walkers), 1921
Plate 8 from Jahrmarkt (The Annual Fair)
Drypoint, 25.2 x 24.9 (53.0 x 38.0)
Edition of 200, on velin (125 on velin; 75 on Japan)
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 198 B b
Fig. 27

Max Beckmann
Die Bettler (The Beggars), 1922
Plate 7 from Berliner Reise (Berlin Trip)
Lithograph, 47.0 x 36.0 (68.0 x 53.7)
Edition of 100 (80/100)
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 219 II B
Fig. 25

Max Beckmann
Bildnis des Schauspielers N. M. Zeretelli (Portrait of the Actor N. M. Zeretelli), 1924?
Drypoint, 18.3 x 14.0 (28.0 x 20.0)
Die dritte Ganymed-Mappe (1924) edition of 100, on Japan
Pencil signed
Ref. Hofmaier 301 B


Karl Caspar
Johannes auf Patmos (St. John at Patmos), 1919?
Lithograph, 24.0 x 21.5 (35.2 x 25.0)
Genius 1.1 (1919) edition (size unknown)
Initialed KC in plate
Ref. Unknown


Lovis Corinth
Selbstbildnis mit Gattin (Self-Portrait with Wife), 1904
Drypoint, 19.8 x 18.0 (28.3 x 23.0)
Edition of 50, on Japan
Pencil signed
Ref. Schwarz 23


Lovis Corinth
Verschiedene Köpfe und Selbstbildnis (Various Heads and Self-Portrait), 1915
Drypoint, 30.4 x 19.9 (43.2 x 28.9)
Edition of 75, on van Geldern (50 on van Geldern; 25 on Japan)
Pencil signed
Ref. Schwarz 220


Lovis Corinth
Freude am Leben (Joys of Life), 1920
Drypoint, 22.0 x 29.5 (29.8 x 43.8)
Edition of 100 (82/100)
Pencil signed
Ref. Schwarz 403


Lovis Corinth
Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait), 1920
Lithograph, 30.0 x 24.0 (44.8 x 36.1)
Edition of 100, on Bütten
Pencil signed
Müller 464 and Schwarz 407


Lovis Corinth
Bahnhof Tiergarten (Zoo Station), 1920-21
From Der Tiergarten (Zoo Gardens)
Drypoint, 23.0 x 30.5 (29.4 x 36.0)
Edition of 100, on Japan (25 on Japan; 75 on Bütten) (18/25)
Pencil signed
Ref. Müller 474
Fig. 4

Lovis Corinth
Tod bei Strucks (Death and the Strucks), 1921
Unpublished plate from Totentanz (Dance of Death)
Drypoint and soft ground etching, 23.5 x 18.0 (39.5 x 29.7)
Edition unknown (small)
Pencil signed
Ref. Müller 550

Lovis Corinth
Der Tod Attinghausens (The Death of Attinghausen), 1923
Plate 10 from Wilhelm Tell (William Tell)
Color lithograph, 23.5 x 18.0 (framed)
Edition of 200, on Bütten (25 on Japan; 75 on Bütten; 100 on engraving paper)
Pencil signed
Ref. Müller 784

Otto Dix
Die Verächter des Todes (The Disdainers of Death), 1922
Plate 1 from Zirkus (Circus)
Etching, 34.7 x 27.7 (49.8 x 43.0)
Edition of 50 (49/50)
Pencil signed
Ref. Karsch, Otto Dix 32

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