2000, Bequest to the Indiana University Art Museum from Bernhard Heiden, Bloomington, IN
1946–2000, Collection of Bernhard Heiden (1910–2000) and Cola Heiden (1910–1999), Bloomington, IN (gift from Stephan Lackner) [1]
1936–1946, Collection of Stephan Lackner (1910–2000), Paris, later Santa Barbara, CA (presumably purchase from the artist) [2]
Notes:
[1] Bernhard Heiden (né Levi) and his wife Cola (née de Joncheere) Heiden emigrated to the United States in 1935 to escape persecution under the Third Reich’s antisemitic laws. They settled in Bloomington in 1946, where Bernhard was a member of the music school faculty until his retirement in 1981. (per museum donor files). Although the Heidens inherited much of their art collection from Bernhard’s parents, this watercolor drawing was a gift from Stephan Lackner, who knew Bernhard as the two were still students at the gymnasium in Frankfurt (Bernhard Heiden in conversation with Kathleen Foster, former Indiana University Art Museum curator of Western art after 1800, on November 15, 1999; transcript in museum files).
[2] Lackner bought his first painting from Beckmann in 1933, marking the start of a lifelong friendship. He would purchase numerous works from Beckmann over the next several years. In 1938, Lackner also made a formal agreement with Beckmann to purchase his paintings, thereby supporting him financially during his exile in Amsterdam, 1937–47 (as detailed in a letter from Stephen Lackner to Max Beckmann dated September 3, 1938).
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
March 3–September 17, 2006, "Max Beckmann: The Watercolors and Pastels," Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, March 3–May 28, 2006; Fundación del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain, June 26–September 17, 2006 (cat. no. 81)
September 17–December 10, 2000, "A Legacy of German Expressionism: Gifts from Bernhard and Cola Heiden," Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
September 7–February 3, 1985, "Max Beckmann Retrospective," Haus der Kunst, Munich, February 25–April 23, 1984; Nationalgalerie, Berlin, May 18–July 29, 1984; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, September 7–November 4, 1984; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, December 9, 1984–February 3, 1985 (cat. no. 184, with wrong dimensions)
October 16, 1977–May 28, 1978, "Max Beckmann: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, 1903-1950," Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, October 16-December 11, 1977; Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany, January 7-February 26, 1978; Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, March 18-May 21, 1978 (cat. no. 154, with wrong dimensions)
