Bildnis des Textilfabrikanten Carl Lewin. 1922.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in upper right. 90 x 72.5 cm (35.4 x 28.5 in).
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• Striking portrait of the textile manufacturer Carl Lewin.
• Made for one of the six children of the art-loving industrialist from Wroclaw, who was also portrayed by Georg Kolbe.
• Initially criticized for a lack of idealization in his earlier portraits, Liebermann eventually became one of the most sought-after portraitists of his time.
• In 1927, he received a commission to paint the Reich President Paul von Hindenburg.
• Similar works can be found in numerous museum collections, including the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the Staatliche Museen Schwerin and the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

PROVENANCE: The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made subject to an amicable agreement with the heirs of Cäcilie Beermann on the basis of a fair and just solution.

LITERATURE: Matthias Eberle, Max Liebermann. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Ölstudien, vol. II: 1900-1935, Munich 1996, no. 1922/15 (illu. in black and white on p. 1058).
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Galerie Rosen, auction 24, Berlin May 16 - 18, 1955, no. 1876.
Peter Günnemann, Hamburg, 18th auction, April 4, 1992, lot 15 (illu. in color).