Max Beckmann Katalog der Gemälde. Vol. 1
Bern: Verlag Kornfeld, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 1/1500 unnumbered. Small Folio. xix, 611 (1), vi, 321 plates, 132pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over blue cloth with silver lettering on cover and spine, housed in gray cardboard slipcases. Color frontispiece self portrait of Beckmann. Catalog of Beckmann's paintings. Writings of the Max Beckmann Society III. Foreword by Hans Martin von Erffa, Günter Busch, president of the Max Beckmann Society, on Erhard Göpel, and an introduction by Erhard Göpel.
Volume I contains the catalog of Beckmann's paintings and includes vitae, notes on using the catalog, including abbreviations used in the catalog. A chronological listing of Beckmann's paintings, based to a large extent on Beckmann's own notes relating to his paintings, a systematic listing as well as one indicating the location of each painting at rear. Volume one concludes with some 50 pages of color and b/w photographs documenting portrait photographs taken of Beckmann, his dwellings and studios, supporting material to Beckmann paintings, friends of Beckmann, and exhibition galleries, concluding with ten facsimile reproductions of Beckmann's signatures as they appeared on his paintings. Text in German. Fine condition. Item #49687
ISBN: 3857730021
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