Mainlandschaft mit Regenbogen. 1923.
Etching.
Signed. From an edition of 60 copies. On Zanders Japan paper (wih the watermark). 24.2 x 20 cm (9.5 x 7.8 in). Sheet: 38 x 29 cm (14,9 x 11,4 in).
Printed by Heinrich Wetteroth, Munich (with the blindstamp).

PROVENANCE: Galerie Glöckner, Cologne.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 1980).
In family ownership ever since.

EXHIBITION: Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, October 19–December 9, 2001; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1–April 7, 2002; Ulmer Museum, Ulm, April 27–June 30, 2002, cat. no. 97.

LITERATURE: James Hofmaier, Max Beckmann. Catalogue raisonné of his prints, vol. 1, Bern 1990, cat. no. 278 B (of B)
Klaus Gallwitz, Max Beckmann. Die Druckgraphik, Karlsruhe 1962, cat. no. 242.

Expressive print with strong burr and delicate flat tone. The sheet is slightly creased and has very faint traces f sunning. Minimal discolorations in the margins outside the mount. A few small tears in the left edge of the sheet. Traces of a previous mounting on the reverse of the upper edge of the sheet, slightly visible on the recto.