LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

43.31 in. (110.00 cm.) (height) by 33.86 in. (86.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'M. Liebermann' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Berlin, Preußischen Akademie der Künste, Frühjahrsausstellung, May - June 1929, no. 140 (illustrated; titled 'Damenbildnis'). New York, Schoenemann Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Max Liebermann, March - April 1940, no. 16 (titled 'Portrait of Mrs. N.'). New York, Galerie St. Etienne, Max Liebermann, Memorial Exhibition, June 1944, no. 36 (titled 'Portrait of Mrs. N.').

Literature:

M. Eberle, Max Liebermann: Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Ölstudien, vol. II, 1900-1935, Munich, 1996, no. 1928/23, pp. 1199 & 1202 (illustrated p. 1201). N. Bahrmann, '..out of the private possessions of New Yorkers', in W. Fleckner, T.W. Gaehtgens & C. Huemer, eds., Market und Macht: Der Kunsthandel Im "Dritten Reich", Berlin, 2017, pp. 178 & 190.

Provenance:

Hugo Neuberg, Berlin, Amsterdam & New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist by 1929, and thence by descent to the present owner.