Live Auction 18504The Landscape of a Mind: A Private Collector's Surreal Vision
Max Beckmann (1884-1950)
Lot 523 THE LANDSCAPE OF A MIND: A PRIVATE COLLECTOR'S SURREAL VISION

Max Beckmann (1884-1950)

Entkleidetes Café

Closed20 June 2019

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Max Beckmann (1884-1950)
Entkleidetes Café
signed 'Beckmann' (lower right); inscribed and dated by Quappi Beckmann '"das entkleidete café" 12. Mai 1944' (on the reverse)
pen and India ink on paper
10 5/8 x 14 ½ in. (27.2 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed in Amsterdam on 12 May 1944

Achim Moeller, London.
Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York.
Stanley J. Seeger Jr., London, by whom acquired from the above, on 2 April 1956; his sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 2001, lot 90.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 6 February 2003, lot 464.
Acquired at the above sale.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's drawings.
This work is mentioned by the artist in his diary: "'Entkleidetes Café' gezeichnet... Sehr heiß. Abenspaziergang mit Q. zur Amstel...'.['Drew "Entkleidetes Café"... Very hot. Evening walk to the Amstel with Q...']" (quoted in E. Göpel (ed.), Op. cit., p. 89.).