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MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

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03.03.2023 13:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 549 | MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

Adam und Eva

stamped with foundry mark ‘ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC. N.Y.’ (on the right side of the base)

bronze with dark brown and green patina

height: 33 1/4 in. (84.4 cm.)

Conceived in 1936 and cast after 1958 in an edition of 5





Provenance

The artist's estate.

Quappi Beckmann, by descent from the above.

Catherine Viviano, New York.

Stanley J. Seeger, New York, by whom acquired from the above on 8 January 1960; his sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2001, lot 53.

Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie., Geneva.

Acquired from the above by the present owner on 30 March 2006.



Literature

E. & B. Göpel, Max Beckmann, Katalog der Gemälde, vol. I., Bern, 1976, p. 600 (another cast illustrated).

C. Stabenow, "Metaphors of Helplessness: The Sculptures of Max Beckmann", in Max Beckmann Retrospective, exh. cat., The St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 1984, p. 139 (another cast illustrated fig. 1).

A. Franzke, Max Beckmann Skulpturen, Munich & Zurich, 1987, pp. 23-24, 32-34, 36, 38, 43-44, 51 (another cast illustrated fig. 5).

K. von Maur, Picasso und die Moderne, exh. cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 1999, no. 14, pp. 165-166 (another version illustrated p. 165).



Exhibited

New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, The Eight Sculptures of Max Beckmann, November 1959 (illustrated in situ).

New York, Richard L. Feigen & Co., Max Beckmann: The Eight Sculptures, February - May 2002 (illustrated p. 129).

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Max Beckmann, September 2002 - January 2003, no. 76, p. 288 (illustrated p. 244); this exhibition later travelled to London, Tate, February - May 2003; New York, June - September 2003.



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Post Lot Text

A catalogue raisonné of the sculptures of Max Beckmann will be set up by Mayen Beckmann, Karin Schick and Francis Beatty, whom we thank for the information confirming the authenticity of this sculpture.
Artist:Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
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