LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor and charcoal on paper

Measurements:

20.98 in. (53.30 cm.) (height) by 14.25 in. (36.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Beckmann 32' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Kunstverein zu Kassel im Orangerieschloss and Kunstverein Magdeburg, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, December 1932-January 1933, no. 10. City Art Museum of St. Louis; Los Angeles County Museum; Detroit Institute of Arts; Baltimore Museum of Art and Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Max Beckmann, 1948-1949, p. 98, no. 67. New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Max Beckmann: An Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Watercolors, December 1964-January 1965, no. 13. New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Max Beckmann, October-November 1970, no. 4. New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Max Beckmann, February 1973, no. 37 (illustrated). Kunsthalle Bielefeld; Kunsthalle Tübingen and Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Max Beckmann: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1903 bis 1950, October 1977-May 1978, p. 56, no. 139 (illustrated). Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Max Beckmann: Frankfurt, 1915-1933, November 1983-February 1984, p. 260, no. 165 (illustrated, p. 262). New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., Max Beckmann: Sculpture, Drawings, and Prints, February 1989. Guggenheim Bilbao and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Max Beckmann: The Watercolors and Pastels, March-September 2006, p. 146, no. 54 (illustrated in color, p. 147).

Literature:

M. Beckmann, S. Gohr and M. Hollein, eds., Max Beckmann: The Watercolors and Pastels, Catalogue Raisonné of the Works in Color on Paper, Cologne, 2006, p. 146, no. 54 (illustrated in color, p. 147; with incorrect support).

Provenance:

Mathilde Q. Beckmann, New York (wife of the artist). Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York (by 1964). Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., New York. Acquired from the above by the late owner, March 1989.