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44 Max Beckmann

Leipzig 1884 – 1950 New York

„Elefant und Clown im Stall“. 1944

Oil on canvas. 85 x 45 cm (33 ½ x 17 ¾ in.). Signed, inscribed und dated lower right: Beckmann A [= Amsterdam] 44. Catalogue raisonné: Göpel 656. Framed

Provenance

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (acquired in 1947 from the artist) / Wladimir Selinsky, New York (acquired 1952 from Valentin, by descent until 2008) / Private collection, Hesse

EUR 700,000

- 900,000

USD 935,000

- 1,202,000

Sold for:

1,220,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 187-192

Selected Works, 24 November 2011

According to Max Beckmann's handwritten list, he began working on this painting in December 1943 finishing it on 18 February 1944..

Exhibition

Max Beckmann. Paintings from 1940 to 1946. Buffalo (NY), Albright Art Gallery The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1947, no. 6 („Circus“) / Max Beckmann. Albion (MI), 1948, no catalogue / Max Beckmann. Paintings and Drawings. New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1985, cat. no. 11

Literature and illustration

Benno Reifenberg and Wilhelm Hausenstein: Max Beckmann. Munich, R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 1949, no. 535 („Elefant im Stall“, 1943) / Erhard Göpel (ed.): Max Beckmann, Tagebücher 1940–1950. Munich and Zurich, R. Piper, 1984, p. 75 (28 Nov. 1943) and p. 76 (22 Dec. 1943)