Minna Beckmann-Tube mit Kaffeetasse. Um 1912.
Black Chalk drawing.
Signed in the lower right. 24.8 x 19.7 cm (9.7 x 7.7 in), size of sheet.

• The work shows Max Beckmann's wife Minna.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Josef Esters Collection, Krefeld.
Morat Collection, Freiburg.
Dr. Ewald Rathke Kunsthandel, Frankfurt am Main.
Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe (acquired from the above before October 16, 1977).
In family ownership ever since.

EXHIBITION: Max Beckmann. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1903-1950, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, October 16-December 11, 1977, cat. no. 35 (illustrated)
Max Beckmann. Skulpturen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Mappenwerke, Probedrucke, Erholungshaus Bayer, Leverkusen, February 28–April 12, 1982, Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, April 18–May 23, 1982, cat. no. 40 (illustrated)
Max Beckmann. Retrospektive, Haus der Kunst, Munich, February 25–April 22, 1984; Nationalgalerie, Berlin, May 18–July 29, 1984; The Saint Louis Art Museum, September 7–November 4, 1984; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 9, 1984–February 3, 1985, cat. No. 142 (illustrated, with an exhibition label on the back of the frame).
Minna Beckmann-Tube. Hefte des Max Beckmann Archivs, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, February 12–April 26, 1998, No. 16 (illustrated).
Spektakel des Lebens. Max Beckmann. Arbeiten auf Papier, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, October 19–December 9, 2001; Museum Folkwang, Essen, February 1–April 7, 2002; Ulmer Museum, Ulm, April 27–June 30, 2002, cat. no. 5.

LITERATURE: Hans Kaiser, Max Beckmann, Berlin 1913, p. 40 (illustrated).
Stephan von Wiese, Max Beckmanns zeichnerisches Werk 1903-1925, Düsseldorf 1978, cat. no. 136.

Appealing portrait, in good condition. A few tiny brown spots in the margins. Some small, faint creases. A slightly more noticeable horizontal crease at the top edge of the page. A few small pressure marks.
For information concerning the condition, please view the high resolution image / backside image.