Max Beckmann
German, 1884-1950

Reclining Nude, 1929

Oil on canvas
32 7/8 x 46 13/16 in. (83.4 x 119 cm)
no inscription
Joseph Winterbotham Collection, 1988.220

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Munich, Galerie Günther Franke, Max Beckman–Ausstellung, July 3 –27 1930, no. 14, as Liegende Frau.
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Max Beckmann: Das Gesamte Werk, August 3 –31,1930, no. 85, as Liegende Frau.
Paris, Galerie de la Renaissance, Max Beckmann, March 16–April 15, 1931, no. 27, as Nu couché.
Brussels, Galerie “Le Centaure,” Exposition Max Beckmann, May 16–28, 1931, no. 13, as Nu couché.
Munich, Galerie Günther Franke, Max Beckmann: 75 Gemälde einschliesslich der Amsterdamer Zeit, 21 June–20 August 1946, no. 59
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Max Beckmann zum Gedächtnis. 1884–1950, 1951, no. 73, as Liegender Akt.
Braunschweig, Germany, Kunstverein Stadtisches Museum und Haus Salve Hospes, Max Beckmann, 1884–1950, 25 October–22 November 1953, no. 41 as Liegender Akt; traveled to Bremen, Germany, Kunsthalle, November 29, 1953–January 3, 1954.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Max Beckmann, November 22, 1955–January 8, 1956, no. 46, as Liegender Akt.
Kunsthalle Basel, Ausstellung Max Beckmann, January 14–February 12, 1956, no. 39, as Liegender Akt.
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Max Beckmann, March 14–May 7, 1956, no. 33, as Liggend naakt.
St. Louis, Pius XII Memorial Library, St. Louis University, Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Morton D. May, February 14–July 4, 1960, no. 49 (ill.) as Lying Nude.
Denver, The Denver Art Museum, German Expressionist Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Morton D. May, 1960, no. 57 as Lying Nude; traveled to Los Angeles, University of California, January 8–February 19, 1961; San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, 1961; Chicago, The Art Institute, August 11–September 24, 1961; Youngstown, Penn., Butler Institute of American Art, 1962; Akron, Ohio, Akron Art Institute, 1962; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1962; Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, June 1962; Baltimore Museum of Art, 1962.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Max Beckmann, October 1–November 15, 1964, no. 31; traveled to New York, Museum of Modern Art, December 14, 1964–January 31, 1965; Chicago, The Art Institute, March 12–April 11, 1965.
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Max Beckmann, May 15–July 11, 1965, no. 29 as Liegender Akt; traveled to Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, July 17–September 5, 1965 1929.
Tate Gallery, London, Max Beckmann, 1884–1950, October 1–November 7, 1965, no. 29, as Reclining Nude.
Museé National d’Art Moderne, Paris, Max Beckmann, September 25–October 28, 1968, no. 43; traveled to Haus der Kunst, Munich, November 9, 1968–January 6, 1969, no. 40; and the Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, January 16–March 2, 1969.
New York, Marlborough–Gerson Gallery Inc., The Morton D. May Collection of 20th Century German Masters, January–February 1970, p. 51 (ill.), no. 15, as Liegender Akt 1929 Lying Nude; traveled to City Art Museum of St. Louis, July–August 1970.
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Max Beckmann: A Small Loan Retrospective of Paintings, Centered Around his Visit to London in 1938, November 1974, no. 13 (ill. cover), as Liegender Akt 1929 Reclining Nude; traveled to New York, Marlborough Gallery Inc., March 1975.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., The Artist and His World: Portraits and Self-Portraits, October 20–November 27, 1976.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Max Beckmann–Retrospective, February 25–April 23, 1984, no. 59, p. 245 (ill.), cat. by Carla Schulz, Judith C. Weiss et. al.; traveled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, May 18–July 29, 1984; St. Louis, St. Louis Art Museum, Sept. 7–Nov. 4, 1984; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 9, 1984–February 3, 1985.

Leipzig, Germany, Museum der Bildenden Kunst, July 20–September 23, 1990.

Tokyo, ASAHI Shimbun, Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, no. 39, pp. 126–7 (ill.); traveled to Nagaoka, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, April 20, 1994–May 29, 1995; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994: Yokohama Museum of Art, August 6 1994–September 25, 1994. no. 39, pp. 126–7 (ill.).

New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Max Beckmann in Exile, October 9, 1996–January 5, 1997.

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Max Beckmann and Paris, September 25, 1998–January 3, 1999, no. 15, p. 20 (ill.), cat. ed. by Tobia Bezzola, Cornelia Homburg; traveled to St. Louis Art Museum, February 6–May 9, 1999.

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Max Beckmann, September 10, 2002–January 7, 2003; traveled to London, Tate Modern, February 15–May 5, 2003; New York, Museum of Modern Art, June 25–September 20, 2003.

Publication History

J. B. Neumann and G. Franke, eds., Max Beckmann, The Artlover Library (New York and Munich, 1931), vol. 1, p. 30.

Herbert Read, Art Now: An Introduction to the Theory of Modern Painting and Sculpture, London, 1936, pl. 14, as Nude.

Franz Roh, Max Beckmann, Munich, Verlag Kurt Desch München, 1946, p. 3, as Liegende.

Benno Reifenberg and Wilhelm Hausenstein, Max Beckmann, Munich, 1949, p. 72, no. 280, as Liegender Akt.

Curt Seckel, Maßstäbe der Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Düsseldorf: Econ–Verlag, 1967, as Liegender Akt.

Erhard Göpel and Barbara Göpel, Max Beckmann: Katalog der Gemälde, vols. 1 and 2 (Bern, 1976), pp. 222–23, no. 308, fig. 108.

Ownership History

Rudolf Freiherr von Simolin, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Seeseiten, July 15, 1929–45 [letter Dec. 17, 2002 from Christiane Zeiller, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen]; by descent to his daughter Baroness Rudi de Saint-Paul, 1945–56 [letter Dec. 21, 2002 from Eberhard Kornfeld, Galerie Kornfeld]; sold through Gutekunst und Klipstein to Morton D. May (died 1983), St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 12, 1956–70 [letter Nov. 6, 1956 from Morton D. May and receipt Nov. 12, 1956 in curatorial file and New York 1970]. Regis Collection, by 1984 [Munich 1984]. Richard Feigen and Co., New York, by 1988 [receipt June 8, 1988 in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 8 June 1988 [above mentioned receipt].