Sheet size approx. 37 : 37.5 cm, with embossing stamp of the copperplate printing studio Heinrich Wetteroth, Munich. Framed in a white gilt model frame with passepartout and museum glass with additional UV protection filter Outer dimensions approx. 52 x 62 cm.

Beckmann, Max. Der Morgen. 1923. drypoint on copperplate paper. Edition: one of 100 unsigned copies. 25.6 x 30.7 cm (image / plate), 35.5 x 47.5 cm (sheet).Gallwitz 237. Hofmaier 299 Bc. From: Die Vierte Jahresgabe des Kreises graphischer Künstler und Sammler (Leipzig: Verlag Arndt Beyer 1924).

Original hand print for the 250 numbered copies of the 4th annual edition of the Circle of Graphic Artists and Collectors in Leipzig. Untrimmed. Without visible defects. Very good condition. Max Beckmann (1884 Leipzig – 1950 New York). German painter, graphic artist and sculptor, leading representative of classical modernism, who developed his figurative painting as an alternative to abstraction. From 1901 studied at the Grand Ducal Saxon School of Art in Weimar under Carl Frithjof Smith. Influenced by Cezanne in Paris in 1903. After traveling to the Netherlands and Switzerland, he opened a studio in Berlin-Schöneberg in 1905. Initially a member of the Berlin Secession, but co-founded the Free Secession in 1914. 1914/15 as a medic in the First World War. His artistic and social recognition reached its peak during the Weimar Republic. From 1925, master studio at the Städel Art School in Frankfurt. In 1932, the Berlin National Gallery set up a Beckmann Hall. 1933 Dismissed as professor in Frankfurt and moved to Berlin. 1937 Flees to Amsterdam. 1947 Moves to the USA, where he holds various teaching posts. 25.6 x 30.7 cm (depiction / plate), 35.5 x 47.5 cm (sheet)