About This Artwork
Max Beckmann
German, 1884-1950
Ilonka1931
Black crayon, on cream wove paper
655 x 501 mm
Margaret Day Blake Collection, 1989.169
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Cologne, Galerie Theo Hill, "Max Beckmann: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle aus den jahren 1902-1950," 1-30 April 1955, cat. 44.
New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, "A Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings and Watercolors by Max Beckmann," 1973, cat. 22.
New York, Carus Gallery, "Max Beckman: Drawings and Sculpture," 8 April–10 May 1975, cat. 7.
Bielefeld, Germany, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, "Max Beckmann: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen 1903 bis 1950," 16 October-12 November 1977, cat. 137; traveled to the Kunsthalle Tübingen 1 January-26 February 1978, and the Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt am Main, 18 March-21 May 1978.
Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstiunstitut, "Max Beckmann Frankfurt 1915-1933," 18 November 1983-12 February 1984, cat. 163.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper," March 24-September 13, 2009, no cat.
Publication History
Eduard Trier, Zeichner des XX Jahrhunderts (Berlin, 1956), p. 68, no. 50 (ill.).
Ownership History
Private collection, New York, by 1955 [Cologne 1955]. Catherine Viviano, New York, by 1973-at least 1978 [New York 1973; Bielefeld 1978]. Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, by 1983 [Frankfurt 1983]. Sold by Reneé Fotouhi, New York, to the Art Institute, 1989.