Max Beckmann "ELEFANT UND CLOWN IM STALL" (1944) Oil on canvas Signed, inscribed und dated lower right: Beckmann A [= Amsterdam] 44 85 x 45 cm Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (acquired in 1947 from the artist) / Wladimir Selinsky, New York (acquired 1952 from Valentin, by descent until 2008) / Private collection, Hesse Max Beckmann. Paintings from 1940 to 1946. Buffalo (NY), Albright Art Gallery The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1947, no. 6 ("Circus") / Max Beckmann. Albion (MI), 1948, no catalogue / Max Beckmann. Paintings and Drawings. New York, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Göpel 656