id:			171157
accession number:	2013.7
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.7
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:38.384000

Perseus's Last Duty, 1949. Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950). Oil on canvas; framed: 125 x 178.5 x 8.5 cm (49 3/16 x 70 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 89.4 x 142 cm (35 3/16 x 55 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange 2013.7

title:				Perseus's Last Duty
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creation date:			1949
creation date earliest:		1949
creation date latest:		1949
current location:		225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange
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culture:	Germany, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Max Beckmann (German, 1884–1950)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 125 x 178.5 x 8.5 cm (49 3/16 x 70 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 89.4 x 142 cm (35 3/16 x 55 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower middle: "Beckmann NY 49"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Estate of the Artist, sold to Catherine Viviano Gallery
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	(Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York, NY,  1962, sold to Stanley J. Seeger)
	date: 1962
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	Stanley J. Seeger [1930-2011], New York, NY and London, United Kingdom, consigned to Sotheby's NY for sale
	date: 1962-2001
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	(Sotheby's, New York, NY, May 8, 2001, sold to Private Collection)
	date: 2001
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	(French & Co., New York, NY, 2013, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art )
	date: 2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Max Beckmann: Exhibition of Paintings, 1925-1950 : January 9-27, 1962</em>. New York, NY: Catherine Viviano Gallery, 1962.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 19
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	Göpel, Erhard, and Barbara Göpel. <em>Max Beckmann: Katalog der Gemälde</em>. Bern, Switzerland: Kornfeld &amp; Cie, 1976.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 298, vol II
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	Schütt, Jutta, David Anfam, and Karoline Feulner. <em>Beckmann &amp; America</em>. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 230-232
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	Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Burlington Magazine </em>163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 99, no. 11; mentioned: P. 93
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	Beckmann, Max, Anja Tiedemann, Erhard Göpel, Barbara Göpel, and Erhard Göpel. Max Beckmann: die Gemälde, Ahlen : Franz Dieter und Michaela Kaldewei Kulturstiftung, 2021, 477
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned: p. 477
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