Selbstbildnis mit steifemHut (Self-Portrait in a Bowler Hat)

MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950) Selbstbildnis mit steifemHut (Self-Portrait in a Bowler Hat) drypoint, on laid paper watermark Roemerturm 'Antique', 1921, signed in pencil, a particularly rich, smoky impression of Hofmaier's third state (of four), printing with selective plate tone, presumably an unrecorded proof of the third state not listed in Hofmaier (Hofmaier cites nine such impressions), published by J.B. Neumann, Berlin, with margins, in generally good condition, framed Image: 12 ¼ x 9 5/8 in. (311 x 245 mm.) Sheet: 17 ¼ x 12 ¾ in. (438 x 324 mm.)