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Self-Portrait with a Cigarette
Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)
Frankfurt 1923. Oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 15 7/8" (60.2 x 40.3 cm). Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Hirschland
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
255.1956
Acquired from the artist by J.B. Neumann (1887-1961), New York, by 1927 [1]; Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, before 1930 [2]; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1956 (Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F.H. Hirschland).
[1] Erhard Göpel and Barbara Göpel, Max Beckmann: Katalog der Gemälde, Bern: Kornfeld & Cie., 1976, vol. 1, no. 221. Included in the exhibition Max Beckmann, New Art Circle (J.B. Neumann), New York, April 12-May 11, 1927. Reproduced on the front cover of Art Lover: I.B. Neumanns Bilderhefte: Max Beckmann, April 1915.
[2] Included in the exhibition Modern German Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 12-April 26, 1931, no. 7. Lender: F.H. Hirschland.
Self-Portrait with a Cigar
Selbstportrait auf schwefelgelbem Grund
Self-Portrait with Yellow Background
[Selbstbildnis auf gelbem Grund mit Zigarette]
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