Leipzig 1884 – 1950 New York
”Selbstbildnis”. 1936
Provenance
Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York / Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York / Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation, Los Angeles (1968) / Private Collection, Switzerland
EUR 250,000 - 350,000
USD 275,000 - 385,000
Auction 363
Thursday, November 28th 2024, 6:00 PM
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Of the seven existing casts, except for our specimen, all our currently held in important public museums: Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum der Bildende Künste Leipzig; Saint Louis Art Museum; Hamburger Kunsthalle; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich and Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (stone cast). / We would like to thank Mayen Beckmann, Berlin, for kindly providing additional information.
Exhibition
Max Beckmann. New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1981 / German Expressionist Sculpture. Los Angeles, County Museum of Art; Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, 1984, cat. no. 29 / Max Beckmann Retrospective. Saint Louis, Art Museum; Los Angeles, County Museum of Art; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Berlin, Nationalgalerie, 1984/85 / Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, 1985 (permanent loan) / Max Beckmann. Zurich, Galerie Caratsch, de Pury & Luxembourg, 2004, cat. no. 23
Literature and illustration
Anonymous: An Appeal for Empathy. In: Art in America, November 1984, p. 123, ill. / Cornelia Stabenow: Metaphern der Ohnmacht. Zu den Plastiken Max Beckmanns. In: Max Beckmann. Retrospektive. Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen and Haus der Kunst; Berlin, Nationalgalerie; Saint Louis, Art Museum; Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, 1984/85, p. 139-146, here p. 143 / Andreas Franzke: Max Beckmann. Skulpturen. Munich, Piper, 1987, p. 34-36, 42 / Auction 7791: Impressionist & Modern Art. Part. I. New York, Sotheby’s, 8.5.2002, cat. no. 49, ill.
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