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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.53
People
Max Beckmann, German (Leipzig, Germany 1884 - 1950 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
Double Portrait (Max and Quappi Beckmann)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1944
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371504

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on modern laid off-white paper
Dimensions
sheet: 40.6 × 27.9 cm (16 × 11 in.)
image: 37.8 × 23.2 cm (14 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in black ink: Beckmann
  • label: on backing board: Gagosian Gallery exhibition loan label for 'Max Beckmann: The Self Portraits' 9/15-10/31/92
  • label: on backing board, l.r.: Haus der Kunst Munchen K42 / Max Beckmann / Doppelbilduis Max und / Quappi Beckmann Ca 1945 / PT Rathbone / Feder 20 x 12,5 / Kat. Nr. 193
  • label: on backing board: musee national d'art moderne. Paris No. 155 / Beckmann / Double Portrait de Max et Quappi Beckmann / M. Mme. Perry T. Rathbone, U.S.A. / Box 6
  • label: on backing board: Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus / Max Beckmann / Mr. u. Mrs. Perry T. Rathbone / Kat. -Nr. 93 Max u. Q. Beckmann
  • label: on backing board: Busch-Reisinger Museum / LOAN / Rathbone / (Beckmann, Self Portrait) / 100.61
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite:
    Doppelbild / 21.Mai 1944
  • watermark: lower right and fragment at upper left: PH Antique

    (same watermark as on a Beckman in the Morgan Library from 1945, The Telephone)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist; [Curt Valentin, Buchholz Gallery, New York], sold; to Perry and Euretta Rathbone (1946-2003), by descent; to Belinda Rathbone, Cambridge, MA (2003-2021), gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Belinda Rathbone in honor of Perry and Euretta Rathbone
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.53
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Pinakothek der Moderne, ed., Max Beckmann: Exile in Amsterdam, exh. cat., Hatje Cantz Verlag (Munich, 2007), pp. 316-317, no, 77, ill.
  • Max Beckmann: Weiblich-Männlich, exh. cat., Prestel Verlag (Munich, London, New York, 2020), p. 119, cat. no. 62

Exhibition History

  • Max Beckmann: The Self Portraits, Gagosian Gallery, New York, 09/15/1992 - 10/31/1992

Verification Level

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