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Max Beckmann
Shipyard (Schiffswerft)1946

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Oil painting of a nighttime harbor scene with two white arching dock structures, tilted orange rowboats, and a purple-gray sky, rendered in bold, thick brushwork

Max Beckmann, Shipyard (Schiffswerft), 1946, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Morton D. May, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Max Beckmann
Germany, also active Netherlands and United States,1884-1950
Title
Shipyard (Schiffswerft)
Date Made
1946
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 1/2 × 34 1/2 in. (54.61 × 87.63 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Morton D. May
Accession Number
53.25.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1884-1950); [consigned on February 17, 1947, to Buchholz Gallery-Valentin Gallery, New York]; sold on September 1, 1950, to Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis; given in 1953 to Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art; transferred in 1961 to LACMA....
Selected Bibliography
  • Tiedemann, Anja, and Franz Dieter, eds. Max Beckmann: The Paintings. Digital Catalog Raisonné. Ahlen, GE: Franz-Dieter and Michaela Kaldewei Cultural Foundation for the Promotion of Expressionism, 2022. Catalogue raisonné, no. 669. https://www.beckmann-gemaelde.org/669-bar-braun.

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