Self-Portrait Yellow-Pink
Max Beckmann, 1943
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Self-Portrait Yellow-Pink is an oil on canvas that Max Beckmann painted in 1943 in Amsterdam, while living in exile in the Netherlands after the Nazi government had labelled his work degenerate art. As he waited for a visa to the United States, he showed himself standing with crossed arms before a mirror framed in red. His garment is rendered in yellow and appears to have some kind of fur trim. Unlike his earlier self-portraits, which are dominated by dark tones, this picture uses bright colour, a shift that stands out within his output. Beckmann made the work for his wife, Mathilde “Quappi” von Kaulbach, who supported his career throughout their marriage, among other things by keeping track of his catalogue raisonné. After passing through private hands, it was sold in Berlin in December 2022 for around twenty million euros, a record price for a painting sold in Germany. It was acquired by Reinhold Würth and is now part of the Würth Collection, where it is shown to the public.
- Painter
- Max Beckmann
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Museum
- Würth Collection
- Genre
- self-portrait
- Depicts
- Max Beckmann