MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
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MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)

Bildnis Heinrich Simon

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MAX BECKMANN (1884-1950)
Bildnis Heinrich Simon
signed and inscribed 'Beckmann A. 45' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 5⁄8 x 23 5⁄8 in. (80.3 x 60 cm.)
Painted in Frankfurt in 1927; reworked in Amsterdam in 1945 and again in New York in 1949
Provenance
Mathilde Q. Beckmann, New York (wife of the artist).
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York (probably on consignment from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981.
Literature
B. Reifenberg and W. Hausenstein, Max Beckmann, Munich, 1949, p. 80, no. 574.
E. Göpel, "Max Beckmann als Porträtmaler" in Die Weltkunst, vol. 34, Munich, 1964.
E. Göpel, "Der Menschenbildner Max Beckmann" in Gehört-Gelesen, Munich, 1964, pp. 471-474 (illustrated).
New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings & Watercolors by Max Beckmann, 1973, no. 8 (illustrated).
E. and B. Göpel, Max Beckmann: Katalog der Gemälde, Bern, 1976, vol. I, p. 425, no. 706; vol. II, pl. 260 (illustrated).
K. Gallwitz, ed., Max Beckmann in Frankfurt, Frankfurt, 1984 (illustrated).
K. Gallwitz, U.M. Schneede and S. von Wiese, eds., Max Beckmann, Briefe 1937-1950, Munich, 1996, vol. III, pp. 108-109 and 413, letter no. 760.
C. Lenz, '"Schön und schrecklich wie das Leben': Die Kunst Max Beckmanns 1937 bis 1947" in exh. cat., Max Beckmann, Exil in Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2007.
A. Tiedemann, Max Beckmann: Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Online Catalogue Raisonné, no. 706 (illustrated; accessed October 2026).
Exhibited
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Beckmann: His Recent Work From 1939 to 1945, April-May 1946, no. 14.
Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, Max Beckmann: Das Portrait, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, August-November 1963, no. 56 (illustrated).
Munich, Galerie Günther Franke, Max Beckmann: Bildnisse aus den Jahren 1905-1950, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Pastelle und Zeichnungen, February-April 1964 (illustrated).
New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Max Beckmann: Paintings & Sculpture, October-November 1981 (illustrated).
Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Max Beckmann: Frankfurt 1915-1933, Eine Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag, November 1983-February 1984, p. 184, no. 95 (illustrated).

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