Max Beckmann

Lesendes Mädchen
ca. 1944

Pencil and Indian ink on paper

26.6 × 32 cm / 10 1/2 × 12 5/8 in

Signed and inscribed "lesendes Mädchen" on the verso

Included in the catalogue raisonné of Max Beckmann’s drawings currently being prepared by Hedda Finke and Stephan Wiese

€69,000.00

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Provenance

The artist’s studio (-1950); Mathilde "Quappi" Beckmann, New York (by inheritance, 1950-); Buchholz Gallery [Curt Valentin], New York (on commission from Mathilde Beckmann, -1955); Private Collection New Jersey (-1964); Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg (6 Jun. 1964, lot 325); Private Collection, Hamburg (1964-1976); Hermann Heidtmann Collection, Bad Homburg; Galerie Joseph Fach, Frankfurt (1987); Private Collection, Frankfurt (1987–2025)

Exhibitions

Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte, "Das Lesen in der Kunst. Lektürebilder – Bildlektüre", Herford 2019
Franz Marc Museum, "Lektüre. Bilder vom Lesen – Vom Lesen der Bilder", Jun. - Sept., Kochel am See 2018
Städel Museum, "Beckmann & America", Okt. - Jan., Frankfurt 2011/2012
Sinclair-Haus, "Max Beckmann. Spektakel des Lebens – Arbeiten auf Papier", Bad Homburg 2001
Galerie Joseph Fach, "Frankfurter Malerei seit der Jahrhundertwende", Nov. - Mai, Frankfurt 1988/1989
City Art Museum, "Max Beckmann 1948", Mai - Jun., St. Louis 1948

Literature

Galerie Ludorff, "50 Jahre", Part II, Düsseldorf 2025
Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte, "Das Lesen in der Kunst. Lektürebilder – Bildlektüre", Ausst.-Kat., Herford 2019, S. 51 & 88
Franz Marc Museum, "Lektüre. Bilder vom Lesen – Vom Lesen der Bilder", Ausst.-Kat., Kochel am See 2018, S. 118-120 & 161
Städel Museum, "Beckmann & America", Ausst.-Kat., Frankfurt 2011, S. 144, Nr. 57
Sinclair-Haus, "Max Beckmann. Spektakel des Lebens – Arbeiten auf Papier", Ausst.-Kat., Bad Homburg 2001, S. 38 & 169, Nr. 37
Galerie Joseph Fach, "Frankfurter Malerei seit der Jahrhundertwende", Ausst.-Kat., Frankfurt 1988, S. 8, Nr. 10a
Erhard Göpel/Barbara Göpel, "Max Beckmann. Katalog der Gemälde", Bd. I, Bern 1976, S.452 & S. 589
"Die Weltkunst (15. Mai 1964)", München 1964
City Art Museum, "Max Beckmann 1948", Ausst.-Kat., St. Louis 1948, S. 99, Nr. 81

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