Seated Boy

Prints and Drawings

1918

Max Beckmann
German, 1884-1950

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Max Beckmann
Title: Seated Boy
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1918
Medium: Graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 50.4 × 32.9 cm (19 7/8 × 13 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
Reference Number: 1958.15
Copyright: © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Stephan von Weise, Max Beckmanns Zeichnerisches work 1903-1925 (Dussledorf, 1978), pp. 133 and 214, no. 403 (ill.).
Karoline Hille, Spuren der Moderne: Die Mannheimer Kunsthalle von 1918 bis 1933 (Berlin, 1994), pp. 321 and 380.

Mannheim, Germany, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, “Max Beckmann – das gesammelte Werk,” 1928, cat. 126 (?).
Frankfurt, Germany, Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, “Max Beckmann,” July 9-August 12, 1955, cat. 16.
Pfälzisch Landesgeurbeanstalt, Kaiserslautern, “Max Beckmann,” September 29-October 29, 1956, cat. 16.
Frankfurt, Germany, Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, “Gemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Graphik, Plastik des 20 Jahrs,” 1956-1957, cat. 20.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, “Max Beckmann,” February 25-April 23, 1984, cat. 154, cat. by Carla Schulz-Hoffmann and Judith C. Weiss, et. al.; traveled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, May 18-July 29, 1984; the St. Louis Art Museum, September 7-November 4, 1984; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 9, 1984-February 3, 1985.
New York, Neue Galerie, “Max Beckmann: Formative Years, 1915-1925”, October 5, 2023 - January 15, 2024, p. 68 (ill.), cat. 16 , cat. by Olaf Peters, et. al.

Sold by Zinglers Kabinett, Frankfurt, to the Kunsthalle Mannheim [Lugt 1781E], 1924 [former inventory number G1952; according to records of the Kunsthalle Mannheim]; sequestrated Aug. 28, 1937 by the Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, Berlin (EK 6173); sold by Hildebrand Gurlitt, 1941 [records of the Kunsthalle Mannheim and an email from Hedda Finke of May 28, 2020]. Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath (opened 1947), by 1955 [Frankfurt 1955]. Sold by Allan Frumkin, New York, to the Art Institute, 1958.

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Suggested Terms

See all hours

Currently Off View

Date:

Artist:

About this artwork

Status

Department

Artist

Title

Place

Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Medium

Dimensions

Credit Line

Reference Number

Copyright

Extended information about this artwork

Publication History

Exhibition History

Provenance

Share

Explore Further

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Gallery actions

Image actions

Share