Studio with Table and Glasses (Still Life with Studio Window)
Findings on the reverse:
Stamp on the canvas top centre: "Schutzmann Victoria Leinwand", on the stretcher top left handwritten in black: "1554", next to it handwritten in blue: ‘XIII’, next to it handwritten in blue: “10”, next to it a yellowed sticker: first the GFM symbol, then "Kat. 65 / Max Beckmann / Stilleben mit Atelierfenster / Öl Frankfurt 1931 / Format: 70 cm : 110 cm", at the lower right corner a round stamp with an eagle, next to it handwritten signs, next to it a label: "57 Stilleben mit Atelierfenster, 1931 / Slg. Günther Franke, Munich, 48", behind it, half concealed, the remains of a sticker: "Gustav Knauer, Ber../ 1258 / Kunst-Abteilung", next to it the remains of a sticker: "Künstl /Titel / Besitzer / Katalog Nr... ", next to it a white sticker with a jagged edge: “109”, below and above handwritten signs, on the centre right an elongated sticker: "DIENST VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN S. GRAVENHAGE / Max Beckmann Dat,: 1956 / STillteben mit Atelierfenster H: 110 B 70 / Galerie Guenther Franke Muenchen, Cat. N. 41", the remains of the Alfred Flechtheim label on the vertical centre strut: "...73 / Beckmann / Atelierstill", below handwritten: "382-2", on the horizontal centre bar handwritten in black: "Max Beckmann Stilleben mit Atelierfenster Frankfurt 1931", GFM stamp, next to it in black: "G F", bottom left BStGS inventory: “14381”, above it a white sticker: "Documenta III - Kassel / Beckmann, Max / Stilleben mit Atelierfenster / Leihgeber: Günther Franke / Adresse: München 19 / ATEGE München Kunsttransporte", handwritten on it in red: "1159 / 1104", above it handwritten in blue: "24 (circled) S B 7".
1931 - probably 1932, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin, acquired in exchange from the artist,
probably 1932 - n.d., Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, Berlin and New York, acquired presumably from Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin together with Graphisches Kabinett Günther Franke, Munich,
n.d., probably 1932 - 28 May 1974, Graphisches Kabinett 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, Munich
Staatliche Museumsagentur Bayern
Referat für Provenienzforschung
Landshuter Allee 8
80637 München
Germany