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MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

Lot 66
28.06.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 66 | MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
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MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

Un bar à Paris

signed, dated and inscribed 'Beckmann P. 39' (lower right)

oil on canvas

31 3⁄4 x 23 1⁄2 in. (80.7 x 59.8 cm.)

Painted in Paris in 1939





Provenance

Stephan Lackner, Santa Barbara, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1939.

Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia, by whom acquired from the above.

Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner on 17 August 1966.



Literature

D. Bear, 'Max Beckmann Memorial Show Reveals Great Force, Lasting Power of German Artist', in Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara, 28 January 1951.

C.S. Kessler, 'Santa Barbara: Max Beckmann', in Arts, vol. 34, no. 2, New York, November 1959, p. 21 (titled 'Claridge Bar').

S. Lackner, 'Max Beckmann: Memories of a Friendship', in Arts Yearbook 4, New York, 1961, p. 121 (illustrated).

R.N. Ketterer, ed., Lagerkatalog III, Campione d’Italia, 1966, no. 18, n.p. (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Bar Ritz (auch Claridge Bar')).

S. Lackner, Max Beckmann: Memories of a Friendship, Florida, 1969.

E. & B. Göpel, eds., Max Beckmann: Katalog der Gemälde, vol. I, Bern, 1976, no. 528, p. 331 (illustrated vol. II, pl. 186).

J. Schütt, ed., Beckmann & America, exh. cat., Städel Museum, Frankfurt, 2012, p.192 (illustrated fig. 111).

F. Dieter & M. Kaldewei Kulturstiftung, Werkverzeichnis Max Beckmann - Catalogue Raisonné der Gemälde, no. 528 (accessed 2022).



Exhibited

Oakland, California, The Mills College Art Gallery, Max Beckmann, July - August 1950, no. 9, n.p. (titled 'Claridge Bar, London').

Santa Barbara, California, Museum of Art, Max Beckmann Memorial Exhibition, January - February 1951 (no cat.).

Santa Barbara, California, Museum of Art, Max Beckmann, May - June 1955, no. 40, n.p. (titled 'Ritz Bar Paris'); this exhibition later travelled to San Francisco, Museum of Art, July - August 1955; and Pasadena, Art Institute, October - November 1955.

Santa Barbara, California, University Art Gallery, Max Beckmann, September - October 1959, no. 13.

Downey, California, Museum of Art, Max Beckmann: Oils, Watercolors, Lithographs, January - February 1960, no. 19.

Bremen, Kunsthalle, Max Beckmann: Gemälde und Aquarelle der Sammlung Stephan Lackner, USA, Gemälde Handzeichnungen und Druckgraphik aus dem Besitz der Kunsthalle Bremen, September - October 1966, no. 33, p. 94 (illustrated p. 95; titled 'Bar in Paris/Claridge Bar'); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Akademie der Künste, November 1966 - January 1967; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, January - March 1967; Vienna, Wiener Sezession, March - May 1967; Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz Wolfgang Gurlitt-Museum, May - July 1987; and Lucerne, Kunstmuseum, August - September 1967.

Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Arte Alemán en Venezuela, June 1979, no. 26, n.p. (illustrated p. 24; titled 'Ritz Bar').



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Artist:Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Cityscape
Auction house category:Paintings
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