Das entkleidete Café

Details

Max Beckmann (1884-1950)
Das entkleidete Café
signed 'Beckmann' (lower right); titled and dated by Quappi Beckmann 'das entkleidete café, 12. Mai 1944' (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper
10 5/8 x 14½ in. (27 x 36.8cm.)
Executed on 12 May 1944

Provenance

Achim Moeller Ltd., London.
Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York.
Stanley. J. Seeger Jr., by whom acquired from the above on 2 April 1956; his sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 2001, lot 90 (illustrated in colour).
Acquired at the above by the present owner.

Literature

E. Göpel (ed.), Max Beckmann. Tagebücher 1940-1950, Munich, 1987, p. 89.

Exhibited

Princeton, The Art Museum, Princeton University, The Stanley. J. Seeger Jr. Collection, 1961, no. 27.
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Max Beckmann. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1903 bis 1950, Oct.-Dec. 1977 (no. 164, illustrated p.77). This exhibition later travelled to Tübingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Jan.-Feb. 1978; Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, March - May 1978.

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Lot Essay

Dr. Siegfried Gohr has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

This work is mentioned by the artist in his diary: '"Entkleidetes Café" gezeichnet... Sehr heiß. Abenspaziergang mit Q. zur Amstel...'.['Drew "Entkleidetes Café"... Very hot. Evening walk to the Amstel with Q...'] (quoted in E. Göpel (ed.), Max Beckmann. Tagebücher 1940-1950, Munich, 1987, p. 89.)

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