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Max Beckmann

Leipzig 1884 – 1950 New York

„The Swing“ (Die Schaukel). 1947

Pen and black ink over charcoal on laid paper. 54 x 49,8 cm (21 ¼ x 19 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Max Beckmann. „The Swing“ (Die Schaukel). 1947.

Estimate:

EUR 30,000

 

- 40,000

USD 32,300

 

- 43,100

Sold for:

65,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 237-246

Van Gogh to Twombly. Selected Works, Thursday, 04.06.2015

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Pen and black ink over charcoal on laid paper. 54 x 49,8 cm (21 ¼ x 19 ⅝ in.). Signed, inscribed and dated in pen and brown ink lower right (faded): Beckmann A 47. There too titled in pencil: „the swing“. Catalogue raisonné: Accompanied by a confirmation (in copy) by Mathilde Q. Beckmann, New York, dated 5 September 1978. Slight foxing. Imperfections in the margin. Framed

Slight foxing. Imperfections in the margin

Private collection, Hesse/Bavaria (acquired 1978 from the estate of the artist via the Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York)

Max Beckmann. Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings. Sculptures, Graphics. New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, 1970, cat. no. 17, ill. on the cover / A Catalogue of Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings & Water Colors by Max Beckmann. New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, 1973, cat. no. 21, with full-page ill. / Max Beckmann. Drawings, Sculptures. New York, Carus Gallery, 1975, cat. no. 18, with full-page ill. / Max Beckmann, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1903-1950. Bielefeld, Kunsthalle; Tübingen, Kunsthalle, and Frankfurt a.M., Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, 1977/78, cat. no. 202, with full-page illustration

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