Temptation

1919

Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bluish-black ink over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Harry Grubert

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.15 × 26.99 cm (14 5/8 × 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.118.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wiese 1978, no. 422

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reinhard Piper, Munich (1879-1953) (not in Lugt); by inheritance to his children; (sale, Karl & Faber, Munich, 29 June 1981, no. 133). (Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York); Estate of Serge Sabarsky, New York (1912-1996); by inheritance to his wife, Vally Sabarsky (died 2002); Vally Sabarsky Trust, New York in 1996; (Galerie St. Etienne, New York, by 2009); purchased 2010, Harry Grubert, Washington, D.C. (1936-2017); bequest to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • Max Beckmann in der Sammlung Piper: Hanzeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Dokumente. Kunsthalle Bremen, 1974, no. 60, Abb. 8.

1977

  • Max Beckmann, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, 1903-1950. Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 1977, no. 85, Abb. 89.

Bibliography

1978

  • Wiese, Stephan von. Max Beckmanns zeichnerisches Werk 1903-1925. Düsseldorf, 1978: no. 422, ill. 172.

Inscriptions

upper right in ink: Beckmann / 11.Juli 19 / F.

Markings

stamped verso in brown: Sammlung / REINHARD PIPER / München (not in Lugt)

Wikidata ID

Q64614044

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