Provenance
Private collection, Berlin.
Anonymous sale, Leo Spik KG, Berlin, 10 October 1996, lot 187.
Kunstkreis Berlin GbR, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 1 March 2017, lot 453.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
M. Eberle, Max Liebermann 1847-1935, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Ölstudien, vol. II, 1900-1935, Munich, 1996, no. 1899/11a, p. 1255 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Rüsselsheim, Stiftung Opel-Villen, Max Liebermann, Stationen eines Malerlebens, June - September 1999, p. 19 (illustrated pl. 5).
Wernigerode, Schloss Wernigerode, Licht, Phantasie und Charakter, Max Liebermann, April - July 2001, p. 43 (illustrated p. 31).
Berlin, Max Liebermann Haus, Im Streit um die Moderne, Max Liebermann, Der Kaiser, Die Nationalgalerie, October 2001 - January 2002, p. 80 (illustrated).
Berlin, Kunstsalon Berliner Secession (Villa Thiede), Eröffnungsausstellung, 2006.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Foundation, German Impressionist Landscape Painting, Liebermann, Corinth, Slevogt, April - August 2010, no. 9, p. 77 (illustrated; titled 'Surf-Marine Study'); this exhibition later travelled to, Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, September - December 2010.
Berlin, Liebermann-Villa am Wannsee, Max Liebermann am Meer, April - August 2011, no. 26, p. 123 (illustrated n.p.); this exhibition later travelled to Fohr, Museum Kunst der Westküste, September 2011 - January 2012.
Gui-myeon, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, The Era of Passion, Picasso to Chun Kyung Ja, October 2014 - February 2015, p. 138 (illustrated p. 94; titled 'Surf-Study of the Sea').
Berlin, Bröhan-Museum, Zeitenwende, von der Berliner Secession zur Novembergruppe, November 2015 - April 2016, no. 13, p. 39 (illustrated p. 41); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Landesmuseum für Jugendstil, Art Deco und Funktionalismus.
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