Beckmann Sketchbook 51

1944-1949

Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sketchbook with 28 sketches in graphite, pen and black ink, and blue ball-point pen; 21 blank pages including a half sheet, and at least 1.5 missing sheets.

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann

  • Dimensions

    book: 20.7 x 16.3 x 1 cm (8 1/8 x 6 7/16 x 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.64.38.1-28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zeiller/Presler 2010, 884-901

Associated Artworks

See all 28 artworks

Portrait of Wolfgang Frommel [p. 17]

Max Beckmann

1944

Frau mit Hand vor dem Gesicht (Woman Covering her Face) [p. 34]

Max Beckmann

1944

Aktstudien - Athleten (Studies of Athletes) [p. 41]

Max Beckmann

1944

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Max Beckmann, Peoria; gift to NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Max Beckmann in Amsterdam: 1937-1947, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2007-2008.

Bibliography

2010

  • Zeiller, Christiane, Gerd Presler.Max Beckmann : die Skizzenbücher = the sketchbooks. II. Ostifildern, 2010: 884-901.

Inscriptions

in blue ink by later hand on cover: 24 pages / with 29 drawings / (and 6 empty sheets) / Max Beckmann / Sketchbook No.25; some sketches are dated; 7 pages with notations by later hand including initial page numbers on pages 5, 7, 9, 26, and 28; page 54 by later hand: Sketchbook No. Q.B. 25

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