Max Beckmann
Woman with Mirror and Orchids

Woman with Mirror and Orchids

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Woman with Mirror and Orchids
Woman with Mirror and Orchids
ArtistGerman, 1884–1950
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Woman with Mirror and Orchids
Date1947
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 39 1/2 × 31 1/4 in. (100.3 × 79.4 cm)
Frame: 46 3/4 × 39 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (118.7 × 99.7 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1979.8
Not on view

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ProvenanceStudio of the artist; Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery, New York), 1947-55; Walter Bareiss, New York; Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York; Richard L. Feigen & Company, New York; Harry Spiro, New York/New Orleans; William Zierler, Inc., New York, 1968/69; possibly Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1971; Cecil Amelia Blaffer Foundation; transferred to the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1979.





Exhibition History"Modern Masters from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston, Texas," MSC Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, January 9–February 5, 1983.

"From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern" Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, November 22, 2009–March 21, 2010.

"Van Gogh to Munch: European Masterworks," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, June 4, 2011–June 4, 2013.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated lower left: "Beckmann / A. 47"

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