09-20-201309-20-2013
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September 20, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950) Butshy

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$18,000$15,000
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2673BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 20, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950)

Butshy, 1945
Signed and dated "Beckmann A[msterdam]. 45" in pen l.r., numbered "36.307"
in pencil on the reverse, identified on a label from Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus, Frankfurt, Germany, affixed to the backing.
Ink and graphite on laid paper, 19 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. (50.0 x 28.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Scattered small mended tears/losses to edges, small abrasion or thinning to paper at l.l., subtle toning, tape-hinged to back mat at two places at the top edge of the reverse.

Provenance: The artist to his wife Mathilde Q. Beckmann, New York, New York, by inheritance (c. 1950-1968); gift to former Smith College zoology instructor Elizabeth Abbot Copeland (d. 1999),Sherbourne, Massachusetts.

Literature: Max Beckmann, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen [exh. cat.] (Hamburg: Frankfurter Kunstverein, 1965),no. 96.

Exhibitions: Max Beckmann, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, July 17 to September 4, 1965, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Hamburg, no. 96.
Estimate $10,000-15,000

Numbered in pencil "64.307" on the reverse.

No additional condition issues to report.


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Keywords

Max Beckmann, Frankfurt, Germany, Mathilde Q. Beckmann, Smith College, instructor, Elizabeth Abbot Copeland, Hamburg, Sherbourne, Massachusetts