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MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

Lot 54
09.11.2023 18:30UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 54 | MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
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MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

Mann mit Vogel

signed, dated and inscribed 'Beckmann 50 NY' (upper left)

oil on canvas

30 x 24 in. (76.3 x 61 cm.)

Painted in New York in 1950





Provenance

Estate of the artist.

Mathilde Q. Beckmann, New York (wife of the artist).

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (by 1951).

Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above, 29 April 1953).

George R. Fearing, Santa Barbara (1953, until 1985).

Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 1985, lot 396.

Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.



Literature

The artist's diary, 18 February 1950.

The artist's diary, 6, 15 and 21 March 1950.

The artist's diary, 28 May 1950.

The artist's handlist, 1950.

E. Göpel, Max Beckmann in seinen späten Jahren, Munich, 1955, p. 29.

Süddeutsche Zeitung, 7 February 1959 (illustrated).

E. Göpel, "Der Maler mit der Laterne des Diogenes: Die Ausstellung Max Beckmann, Das Porträt in Karlsruhe" in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 3 September 1963 (illustrated).

P. Beckmann and P. Selz, Max Beckmann: Sichtbares und Unsichtbares, Stuttgart, 1965, p. 104 (illustrated in color, p. 105; titled Vogelverkäufer).

E. and B. Göpel, Max Beckmann: Katalog der Gemälde, Bern, 1976, vol. I, p. 499, no. 820 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. 309).

T. Döring, "Hinter den Spiegeln: Zu Max Beckmanns Selbstbildnissen auf Papier, 1925 bis 1950" in Max Beckmann, Selbstbildnisse, Zeichnung und Druckgraphik, exh. cat., Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 2000.

A. Tiedemann, Max Beckmann: Catalogue Raisonné der Gemälde (www.beckmann-gemaelde.org/), no. 820 (illustrated in color).



Exhibited

Beverly Hills, Frank Perls Gallery, Max Beckmann, November-December 1950.

New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Max Beckmann, April 1951, no. 8 (illustrated; titled Bird Vendor).

Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, Max Beckmann, Das Porträt: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, August-November 1963, no. 65 (illustrated; titled Vogelverkäufer).

Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Works by Max Beckmann, October 1984-January 1985 (illustrated).
Artist:Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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