Chinese fireworks
Findings on the reverse:
On the upper left of the stretcher a label: "Kunsthaus Zürich / Max Beckmann / ...m, klein, 1926 / Günther Franke, München", next to it handwritten in black: "MAX BECKMANN DER TRAUM / FRANKFURT 1927", next to it an oblong label: "GFM / Max Beckmann / Der Traum (klein) / Frankfurt 1926 Öl / Format: 62 cm x 50 cm", next to it a white partially torn off label: "31 / DER TRAUM / Slg. Günther", next to it handwritten in black: "10971 / 089", at the top right a white oblong sticker: "22. Traum, klein / 50 : 60 cm / Bez. Beckmann F. 27 / R.H. 237 / Sammlung Günther Franke, München", below the rest of the Flechtheim sticker: "ALF.../ERLI / Lützow / Ma... / De...27", next to it handwritten in blue: "N. Y.", next to it yellowed sticker: "Haus der Kunst München / Ausstellung: Max Beckmann / Titel des Werkes: Der Traum / Leihgeber: Günther Franke, München / Technik: Öl Maße: 50 x 62 cm Kat.- No.: (empty)", lower left a white label: "musée national / d'art moderne paris / Beckmann / Feu d'artifice chinois / Coll. gunther Franke, Munich", upper left a round stamp: "ZOLL / II-30", below an elongated label: "Dienst voor schone Kunsten S-Gravenhage / Kunstenaar: Max Beckmann / Dat. 1956 / H 50 W 62 / Titel: Der Traum / Cat. No. 23 / Inzender: Galerie Guenther Franke, Muenchen", below inventory BStGS: "Inv.-Nr. 14373", below a small white sticker with a jagged edge: "111", on the frame top left handwritten in blue: "Kiste 2686", next to it a yellowed sticker: "Haus der Kunst München / Ausstellung: Max Beckmann / Titel des Werkes: Der Traum / Leihgeber: Günther Franke, München / Technik: Öl Maße: 50 x 62 cm Kat.- No.: 29", next to it on the right a white sticker: "Marlborough Fine Arts London / Max Beckmann / 30 October - xx November 1974", right next to it handwritten 2 : “53”, on the centre right further handwritten numbers and abbreviations, bottom left a white sticker: "Kunsthaus Schaller / Stuttgart? Marienstrasse ? / Max Beckmann / Der Traum", barely legible sticker to the right: "....GALLER / Max Beckmann / ...".
1928 - probably 1932, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin,
probably 1932 - n.d., Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, New York, acquired presumably from Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin together with Graphisches Kabinett Günther Franke, Munich,
n.d., probably 1932 - 28 May 1974, Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, acquired from Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, Berlin and New York,
since 28 May 1974, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, acquired as a donation from Günther Franke
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