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Max Beckmann
Bacchanal (Faschingfest)1909

Not on view
Oil painting of a large crowd inside an ornate, draped interior space, lit by candlelight, with loose expressive brushwork in deep browns, reds, and ochres

Max Beckmann, Bacchanal (Faschingfest), 1909, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of B. Gerald Cantor, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Max Beckmann
Germany, also active Netherlands and United States,1884-1950
Title
Bacchanal (Faschingfest)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1909
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 5/16 x 32 in. (92.08 x 81.28 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of B. Gerald Cantor
Accession Number
M.62.25.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1884-1950); sold to Henry B. Simms (1881-1922), Hamburg; by inheritance in 1922 to Gertrud Simms (1873-1936); [December 1, 1930, sold to Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, Berlin]; From February 23, 1931 to Spediteur Vetter, Berlin; [to Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin]; [Buchholz Gallery- Valentin Gallery, New York, until May 20, 1954]; [sold at auction to Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart On May 21, 1960]; [to Galerie Rudolf Hoffmann, Hamburg]; [Richard L. Feigen, Chicago]; sold to B. Gerald Cantor (1916-1996), Beverly Hills; given in 1962 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, 2021. Catalogue raisonné, no. 105. https://www.beckmann-gemaelde.org/105-fest

Copyright
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