Self-Portrait in Bowler Hat
- Depicted
- Max Beckmann, German, 1884–1950
- Date
- 1922–23
- Material
- Drypoint
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- plate: 12 11/16 x 9 3/4 in. (32.2 x 24.8 cm)
sheet: 21 1/8 x 16 1/2 in. (53.7 x 41.9 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
- 343:2002
NOTES
In this state of the print Beckmann removes the studio background. He replaces the lamp in the previous state with the figure of a cat, which formerly had rested in his arms. A vase or lamp and an open receptacle have been added at the right. The artist's tie has been broadened and additional lines have been drawn along the brim of his hat. The result is greater contrast in light and dark, especially in the background and the face, which help make this one of his best-known self-portraits.
Provenance
by 1999 - 2002
Allan Frumkin, Chicago, IL; New York, NY [1]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Allan Frumkin [2]
Notes:
[1] This impression is included on a Neuman-Frumkin Collection list, along with loan numbers indicating that Allan Frumkin's loan to the Museum began in 1999 [SLAM document files]. In a letter dated November 16, 2001, Frumkin annotates this print as purchased at auction, or possibly through a dealer [SLAM document files]. He does not supply a date of acquisition.
[2] 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.
Allan Frumkin, Chicago, IL; New York, NY [1]
2002 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Allan Frumkin [2]
Notes:
[1] This impression is included on a Neuman-Frumkin Collection list, along with loan numbers indicating that Allan Frumkin's loan to the Museum began in 1999 [SLAM document files]. In a letter dated November 16, 2001, Frumkin annotates this print as purchased at auction, or possibly through a dealer [SLAM document files]. He does not supply a date of acquisition.
[2] 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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