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Catalog Data

Artist:
Max Beckmann, German, b. Leipzig, 1884–1950  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 1/4 × 55 in. (92.1 × 139.8 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1950
Provenance:
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, to 21 June 1955
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 21 June 1955-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History:
XXV BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE D'ARTE, Venice. "German Pavilion," 8 June-15 October 1950, no. 72.
BUCHHOLZ GALLERY, New York. "Max Beckmann," 3-28 April 1951, no. 1, ill.
CURT VALENTIN GALLERY, New York. "Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture," 18 December 1951-12 January 1952, no. 6.
CURT VALENTIN GALLERY, New York. "Max Beckmann," 26 January-20 February 1954, no. 23.
CURT VALENTIN GALLERY, New York. "Closing Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings," 8 June-31 August 1955, no. 7.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "Paintings from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation Collection: A View of the Protean Century," no. 9, ill. p. 18. Tour: M. KNOEDLER & CO., New York, 31 October-24 November 1962; CURRIER GALLERY OF ART, Manchester, New Hampshire, 16 December-12 January 1963; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh, 30 January-26 February; EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, Indiana, 16 March-12 April; MUNSON-WILLIAMS PROCTOR INSTITUTE, Utica, New York, 30 April-27 May; J. B. SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, 13 June-10 July; MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 30 July-25 August; SEATTLE ART MUSEUM,11 September-8 October; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 26 October-23 November; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ART CENTER, 11 December-7 January 1964; DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 26 January-23 February; OKLAHOMA ART CENTER, Oklahoma City, 12 March-8 April; BROOKS MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Memphis, 25 April-23 May; ATLANTA ART ASSOCIATION, 10 June-7 July; SAGINAW ART MUSEUM, Michigan, 25 July-22 August; MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 8 September-6 October; ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, Pennsylvania, 24 October-21 November; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, 9 December-10 January 1965; BROOKLYN MUSEUM, New York, 8 February-5 April.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 725, color ill. p. 494; p. 663.
MUSEEN DER STADT, Cologne. "Max Beckmann," 19 April-24 June 1984, no. 77, ill.
NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Roslyn, New York. "Works by Max Beckmann," 21 October 1984-13 January 1985, no. 32, ill.
NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Roslyn, New York. "An Ode to Gardens and Flowers," 10 May-9 August 1992, ill. p. 51; p. 76.
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Max Beckmann in Exile," 9 October 1996-5 January 1997, color ill. p. 47; p. 48.
KUNSTHAUS ZURICH. "Max Beckmann and Paris: Matisse Picasso Braque Le?er Rouault," 25 September 1998-3 January 1999, cat. Tour: ST. LOUIS ART MUSEUM, 6 February-9 May.
MUSEUM LUDWIG, Cologne. "Max Beckmann–Fernand Leger: Surprising Confrontations," 21 May-28 August 2005, cat.
STADEL MUSEUM, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. "Beckmann & America," 7 October 2011-8 January 2012, cat.
HAMBURGER KUNSTHALLE, Hamburg, Germany. "Max Beckman: The Still Lifes," 5 September 2014-18 January 2015, color ill. pg. 173.
Published References:
JANSON, H. V. "Beckmann in America," Magazine of Art 44, no. 3 (March 1951), p. 92.
OFFIN, CHARLES Z. "Gallery Previews in New York," Pictures on Exhibit 13, no. 8 (May 1951), p. 10.
OFFIN, CHARLES Z. "On 57th Street," Pictures on Exhibit 17, no. 5 (February 1954), p. 14.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. Curt Valentin Gallery Photo Archives, vol. 3, p. 1.
KESSLER, CHARLES S. "The Vision of Max Beckmann," Arts Yearbook 4 (1961), p. 140.
OFFIN, CHARLES Z. "Gallery Previews in New York," Pictures on Exhibit 26, no. 2 (November 1962), p. 12.
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), no. 725, color ill. p. 494; p. 663.
UNSIGNED. Washington Post (3 January 1974), ill.
GOPEL, ERHARD and BARBARA GOPEL. Max Beckmann: Katalog der Gemälde, vol. 1 (Bern: Kornfeld & Cie., 1976), no. 808, p. 491.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. Rediscovering America: Thirty-five years of the National Endowment for the Humanities (Washington, DC: The Endowment [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.], 2000), no. 51, color detail.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Accession Number:
66.429
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School:
German Expressionism
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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