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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION
MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
Zwei Frauen (Die Freundinnen)
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MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
Zwei Frauen (Die Freundinnen)
signed, dated and inscribed 'Beckmann 36 für Simolin Weihnachten 36.' (lower right)
gouache, pen and India ink on paper
19 ¼ x 24 ¼ in. (49 x 61.6 cm.)
Executed in 1936
Zwei Frauen (Die Freundinnen)
signed, dated and inscribed 'Beckmann 36 für Simolin Weihnachten 36.' (lower right)
gouache, pen and India ink on paper
19 ¼ x 24 ¼ in. (49 x 61.6 cm.)
Executed in 1936
Provenance
Rudolf Freiherr von Simolin, Berlin & Seeseiten, a gift from the artist at Christmas in 1936, and thence by descent.
Private collection, Hamburg, by whom acquired in 1959, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Private collection, Hamburg, by whom acquired in 1959, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
H. Finke & S. von Wiese, Max Beckmann, Werkverzeichnis der Zeichnungen, vol. II, 1917-1942, Munich, 2026, no. 1236, p. 1071 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Max Beckmann, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, 1903–1950, October – December 1977, no. 157, p. 61 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Tübingen, Kunsthalle, January – February 1978; and Frankfurt am Main, Städelschen Kunstinstitut, March – May 1978.
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