Pencil drawing. Monogrammed and dated in the lower right. On firm wove paper. 25.4 x 35.2 cm. , size of sheet.
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in our auctions throughout the year. [MH].
- Created in early April 1915 during a two-day stay in Lille. Max Beckmann perceived the destroyed city of Lille as an apocalyptic urban landscape. - Beckmann is internationally regarded as one of the most important protagonists of Modernism. - Significant provenance: From the collection of art dealers Käthe and Walter Carl, who were well acquainted with Beckmann.
The work will be included in the upcoming catalog of drawings by Dr. Stephan von Wiese and Hedda Finke under number 509. We are grateful to both of them for their kind assistance.