Self-Portrait in Bowler Hat
- Depicted
- Max Beckmann, German, 1884–1950
- Date
- 1921
- Material
- Drypoint
- published in
- Berlin, Berlin state, Germany, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- plate: 12 5/16 x 9 5/8 in. (31.3 x 24.4 cm)
sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 1/16 in. (44.8 x 30.6 cm) - Credit Line
- Neumann/Frumkin Collection, purchased with funds provided by the bequest of Morton D. May, by exchange, the bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn in honor of her father, David May, by exchange, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Museum Shop Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Crancer Jr., Phoebe and Mark Weil, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell, the Julian and Hope Edison Print Fund, gift of George Rickey, by exchange, bequest of Helen K. Baer, by exchange, Suzanne and Jerry Sincoff, Museum Shop Fund, by exchange, gift of the Buchholz Gallery, by exchange, Museum Purchase, by exchange, Jerome F. and Judith Weiss Levy, bequest of Horace M. Swope, by exchange, and funds given by Fielding Lewis Holmes through the 1988 Art Enrichment Fund, by exchange
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 336:2002
NOTES
In this print, Max Beckmann depicts himself as a proper gentleman with a hat and tie. This is one of three states, or impressions, that show revisions to the plate. They are from the most important period of Beckmann's printmaking career. In this print, the artist is seen in his studio with canvases stacked against the walls, a cat in his arm, and a bright lamp at left. In the subsequent states, Beckmann is no longer in his studio and is surrounded only by personal emblems: a cat, a thin oil lamp, and a lidded glass or stein.
Provenance
I. B. Neumann (1887-1961) [1]
c.1957 - 2002
Allan Frumkin, Chicago, IL; New York, NY, acquired from J. B. Neumann [2]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Allan Frumkin [3]
Notes:
[1] Neumann was a publisher and art dealer whose professional relationship with Max Beckmann lasted from probably 1912 until World War II [Francesca Consagra, undated information sheet, SLAM document files].
[2] In the late 1950s, Allan Frumkin acquired the core of his collection from I. B. Neumann [Francesca Consagra, undated information sheet, SLAM document files]. In a letter dated November 16, 2001, Allan Frumkin indicates that this print was among those he acquired from J. B. Neumann [SLAM document files].
[3] Purchase Agreement dated October 15, 2002 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, September 30, 2002, and Board of Commissioners, October 14, 2002.
c.1957 - 2002
Allan Frumkin, Chicago, IL; New York, NY, acquired from J. B. Neumann [2]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Allan Frumkin [3]
Notes:
[1] Neumann was a publisher and art dealer whose professional relationship with Max Beckmann lasted from probably 1912 until World War II [Francesca Consagra, undated information sheet, SLAM document files].
[2] In the late 1950s, Allan Frumkin acquired the core of his collection from I. B. Neumann [Francesca Consagra, undated information sheet, SLAM document files]. In a letter dated November 16, 2001, Allan Frumkin indicates that this print was among those he acquired from J. B. Neumann [SLAM document files].
[3] Purchase Agreement dated October 15, 2002 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, September 30, 2002, and Board of Commissioners, October 14, 2002.
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