Max Beckmann
Portrait of a woman in half profile to the left
Details
Probably inscribed on the reverse by Reinhard Piper: für Frau Ullstein.
Von Wiese 447.
Literature:
Glaser Curt, Meier-Graefe Julius, Fraenger Wilhelm and Hausenstein Wilhelm, Max Beckmann, Munich 1924, plate 39.
Exhibition:
Max Beckmann, Das gesammelte Werk, Gemälde, Graphik, Handzeichnungen aus den Jahren 1905-1927, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1928, cat. no. 153,
Magic Realism, Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33, Tate Modern, London 2018/19, with illus. p. 25.
Provenance:
Reinhard Piper, Munich, family-owned from around 1928 to 1997;
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg 24 May 1997, lot 743;
Grisebach, Berlin 27 May 2000, lot 172;
Gagosian Gallery, New York;
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the aforementioned in 2010.
Description
The drawing was created during Beckmann’s first years in Frankfurt. The artist places his subject on paper with clear, calm lines. The large, expressive eyes looking at the viewer characterise the otherwise somewhat austere-looking sitter. The drawing will be included in the extended catalogue raisonné of Max Beckmann’s drawings currently being prepared by Dr Stephan von Wiese and Hedda Finke, Berlin.
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