Oil on canvas. 60,5 x 95 cm
(23 ⅞ x 37 ⅜ in.). Signed, inscribed und dated lower right: Beckmann A[msterdam]. 44. Catalogue raisonné: Göpel 672. Framed
Provenance
Studio of the artist / Prof. Helmuth Plessner, Göttingen/Erlenbach-Zurich (1945 acquired through Dr. Helmuth Lütjens, Amsterdam, thence by descent to the present owner; from 1966 to at least 1976 on loan to Kunsthaus Zurich)
EUR 800,000
- 1,200,000
USD 1,082,000
- 1,620,000
Sold for:
1,332,800 EUR (incl. premium)
auctions 164-167
Selected Works, 5 June 2009
Exhibition
Max Beckmann. Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Kunsthalle, 1950, (list) no. 88 / Max Beckmann 1884–1950. Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1955/56, cat. no. 121 / Ausstellung Max Beckmann. Basel, Kunsthalle, 1956, cat. no. 109 / Max Beckmann. Den Haag, Gemeente Museum, 1956, cat. no. 92
Literature and illustration
Erhard Göpel (ed.): Max Beckmann, Tagebücher 1940–1950. Munich and Zurich, R. Piper, 1984, p. 95–97, p. 113, p. 196 and p. 428 (entries of 15, 22 and 27 August 1944, of 3 September 1944, 6 March 1945 and of 6 April 1947 as well as an annotation by„Quappi” Beckmann)
