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BIRTH OF THE MODERN: THE ARNOLD AND JOAN SALTZMAN COLLECTION
MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
Tanzlokal
Details
MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
Tanzlokal
dedicated 'HBSL' (upper right)
oil on canvas
19 7⁄8 x 23 ¾ in. (50.5 x 60.2 cm.)
Painted in Wangerooge in 1909
Tanzlokal
dedicated 'HBSL' (upper right)
oil on canvas
19 7⁄8 x 23 ¾ in. (50.5 x 60.2 cm.)
Painted in Wangerooge in 1909
Provenance
Hans Theodor Joel, Berlin and Dusseldorf (by 1918-1919).
Olga Joel, Cologne and Hamburg (by descent from the above, 1936); sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 5 June 1961, lot 352.
Richard L. Feigen & Co., Chicago (probably acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 13 December 1961, lot 57.
Victor and Frances Leventritt, New York (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 2 November 2005, lot 397.
Private collection, Colorado (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 6 November 2013, lot 449.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Olga Joel, Cologne and Hamburg (by descent from the above, 1936); sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 5 June 1961, lot 352.
Richard L. Feigen & Co., Chicago (probably acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 13 December 1961, lot 57.
Victor and Frances Leventritt, New York (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Christie’s, New York, 2 November 2005, lot 397.
Private collection, Colorado (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 6 November 2013, lot 449.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
H. Kaiser, Die Kunst Max Beckmann, Berlin, 1913, no. 90.
V.B. Reifenberg and W. Hausenstein, Max Beckmann, Munich, 1949, p. 65, no. 98.
B. von Erhard Göpel and B. Göpel, Max Beckmann, Katalog der Germälde, Bern, 1976, vol. I, p. 95, no. 117 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. 50).
A. Tiedemann, Max Beckmann: Catalogue Raisonné der Gemälde (www.beckmann-gemaelde.org/), no. 572 (illustrated in color; accessed October 2025).
V.B. Reifenberg and W. Hausenstein, Max Beckmann, Munich, 1949, p. 65, no. 98.
B. von Erhard Göpel and B. Göpel, Max Beckmann, Katalog der Germälde, Bern, 1976, vol. I, p. 95, no. 117 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. 50).
A. Tiedemann, Max Beckmann: Catalogue Raisonné der Gemälde (www.beckmann-gemaelde.org/), no. 572 (illustrated in color; accessed October 2025).
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Kollektionen Max Beckmann, Theo von Brockhusen, Richard Dreher, Ferdinand Hodler, Heinrich Nauen, Julie Wolfthorn, February-March 1910, no. 14.
Weimar, Grossherzogliches Museum für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, Gemälde von Max Beckmann in Berlin, August 1912, no. 2.
Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Max Beckmann, January-February 1913, no. 6.
Zurich, Kunstsalon Wolfsberg, Max Beckmann, Buri, Etienne, Brouet, April 1913, no. 71.
Weimar, Grossherzogliches Museum für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, Gemälde von Max Beckmann in Berlin, August 1912, no. 2.
Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Max Beckmann, January-February 1913, no. 6.
Zurich, Kunstsalon Wolfsberg, Max Beckmann, Buri, Etienne, Brouet, April 1913, no. 71.
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