Harvard Art Museums > 1998.10: Seated Woman Shading her Face Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Seated Woman Shading her Face (Max Beckmann) , 1998.10,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/213386. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1998.10 People Max Beckmann, German (Leipzig, Germany 1884 - 1950 New York, N.Y., USA) Title Seated Woman Shading her Face Other Titles Original Language Title: Frau mit beschattetem Gesicht Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1949 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/213386 Physical Descriptions Medium Charcoal and black chalk on off-white modern laid paper Dimensions irregular: 60 x 45 cm (23 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in black ink at l.r. inscription: lower right, black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: For Perry Rathbone // Beckmann // April 18 // 1949 inscription: l.r., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: 6.II[?] . 49 // St. L. watermark: l.r. edge watermark: Original hand linen / PNH Provenance Recorded Ownership History Max Beckmann, gift; to Perry Rathbone (1949-1998) gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1998. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rathbone Accession Year 1998 Object Number 1998.10 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Works from Private Collections, exh. cat., Boston University Art Galleries (Boston, MA, 1960), n.p., cat. 141 Carla Hoffmann-Schulz and Judith C. Weitz, ed., Max Beckmann: Retrospective, exh. cat., St. Louis Art Museum and Prestel-Verlag (St. Louis, MO and Munich, Germany, 1984), p. 373, cat. no. 201 Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 77 Jutta Schutt, ed., Beckmann and America, exh. cat., Städel Museum and Hatje Cantz (Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2011), p. 209, cat. 89, ill. Exhibition History Works from Private Collections, Boston University Art Galleries, Boston, 04/23/1960 - 05/14/1960 A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions from the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Central and Northern Art and Design from 1880 to the Present, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 04/19/2000 - 07/09/2000 Max Beckmann and America, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 10/07/2011 - 01/08/2012 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
