About This Artwork

Max Beckmann
German, 1884-1950

Portrait of a Woman, c. 1915

Graphite with traces of white and green pastel, on greenish-gray wove paper (discolored to tan)
322 x 239 mm
Gift of Dr. John Ireland, 1963.795

© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Munich, Haus der Kunst, "Max Beckmann Retrospective," February 25-April 22, 1984, cat. 150; traveled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, May 15-July 29, 1984; the St. Louis Art Museum, September 7-November 4, 1984; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 6, 1984-February 3, 1985.

Publication History

Stephan von Weise, Max Beckmann’s zeichnerisches Werk, 1903-1925 (Dusseldorf, 1978), pp. 206-207, no. 327.

Ownership History

Given by John Ireland (died 1968) to the Art Institute, 1963.