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MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

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£ 650 000
Auction dateClassic
28.02.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 908001
Lot 71 | MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

Nachtstilleben mit Sonnenblumen

signed, dated and inscribed 'Beckmann A.43' (lower right)

oil on canvas

33 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. (85.3 x 44.6 cm.)

Painted in Amsterdam in 1943





Provenance

Galerie Karl Buchholz, Berlin, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 27 May 1943.

Private collection, Düsseldorf, by 1943.

Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 28 June 1988, lot 196.

Richard Feigen Gallery, New York (no. 18172-C), by whom acquired at the above sale.

Private collection, Canada, by whom acquired from the above.

Robin Garton & Co., Devizes, Wiltshire.

Acquired from the above by the present owners in August 1999.



Literature

The artist’s diary, 16 December 1942 (titled 'Tisch mit Büchern').

The artist’s diary, 11 January 1943.

The artist’s diary, 19 January 1943.

E. & B. Göpel, Max Beckmann: Katalog der Gemälde, vol. I, Bern, 1976, no. 627, p. 378 (illustrated vol. II, pl. 224).

K. Schick & H. Gassner, eds., Max Beckmann: The Still Lifes, exh. cat., Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 2014, p. 21 (illustrated fig. 18).

A. Tiedemann, Max Beckmann - Die Gemälde, Ahlen, 2021, no. 627, p. 41.

A. Tiedemann, Werkverzeichnis Max Beckmann - Die Gemälde, Ahlen, 2021, no. 627 (accessed 2023).



Exhibited

Cologne, 1. Westdeutsche Kunstmesse, Kunst von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert, March 1970.



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