Falling Man

1950

Max Beckmann

Artist, German, 1884 - 1950

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann

  • Dimensions

    overall: 141 × 88.9 cm (55 1/2 × 35 in.)
    framed: 156.85 × 105.09 × 4.45 cm (61 3/4 × 41 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1975.96.3

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1884-1950]; by inheritance to his wife, Mathilde Q. Beckmann [1904-1986], New York; gift 1975 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1951

  • Max Beckmann, Buchholz Gallery, New York, 1951, no. 13, repro.

1969

  • Max Beckmann in America: An Exhibition of Paintings 1947-1950, Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York, 1969, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1996

  • Max Beckmann, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, 1996, no. 43, repro.

  • Max Beckmann in Exile, Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, 1996-1997, no. 21, repro.

1997

  • Max Beckmann: Die Nacht, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 1997, no. 84, repro.

  • Max Beckmann, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 1997, no. 33, repro.

1998

  • Max Beckmann - Landschaft als Fremde, Hamburger Kunsthalle; Kunsthalle Bielefeld; Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, 1998-1999, no. 83, repro.

2002

  • Max Beckmann, un peintre dans l'histoire (French title); Max Beckmann (Engligh title), Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London; The Museum of Modern Art, Queens, Long Island City, 2002-2003, no. 160, repro.

2005

  • Max Beckmann - Fernand Léger. Unerwartete Begegnungen (Max Beckmann - Fernand Léger. Surprising Confrontations), Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 2005, no. 78, repro.

2011

  • Beckmann & America, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, 2011-2012, no. 82, repro.

2013

  • Dix/Beckmann: Mythos Welt, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim; Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 2013-2014, no. 97, repro.

2016

  • Max Beckmann in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2016-2017, no. 39, repro.

2018

  • Max Beckman: Exile Figures, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; CaixaForum Barcelona, 2018-2019, no. 60, repro.

Bibliography

1997

  • Kruszynski, Anette. Max Beckmann: Die Nacht. Exh. cat. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein - Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 1997, no. 84, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left: Beckmann N.Y 50

Wikidata ID

Q20194344

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