Still life with cigar box
Findings on the reverse:
A yellowed rectangular label on the top left of the frame: "GFM (round emblem)“, next to it "BECKMANN / Stilleben mit Zigarren-/kiste 1926 OEL”, on the right side handwritten in black: “48”, next to it illegible blue inscriptions, above the device for the reverse protection a sticker remnant, on the top right a square label: "49"(? ), on the right in the upper third a yellowed note attached with rusty nails (handwritten): "Frankfurt a. M. / Beckmann / STILLEBEN MIT ZIGARETTENKISTE / 1926 / Kiste? W. Sch.? 40? / Bahr? K. 3?", underneath the indicated sticker: "DIENST VOOR SCHONE KUNSTEN' S Gravenhage", at the bottom right a partially torn off sticker standing on the head: "Gustav Knauer / 125.../Kunst-Abte...".
1927 - probably 1932, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin, taken over by Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann on the basis of the contract with Max Beckmann,
probably 1932 - n.d., Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, New York, acquired together with Graphisches Kabinett Günther Franke from Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin,
n.d., probably 1932 - 28 May 1974, Graphisches Kabinett Günther Franke, Munich, acquired from Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, 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