Max Beckmann (Leipzig 1884 – 1950 New York). ”Skizze zu dem Gemälde ”Baccarat””. 1947 Pen and India ink on paper (reverse of a printed paper of the Hotel Westminster, Nice). 19,8 × 13,1 cm (7 ¾ × 5 ⅛ in.). Dated lower right, with the Entstehungsort inscribed and signed: 10.4.47 Nice Beckmann. Date not covered in the catalogue raisonné by von Wiese. The drawing will be included in the extended catalogue raisonné of the drawings by Max Beckmann of Hedda Finke and Stephan von Wiese.– [3042] Provenance: Formerly Gertrude and William Bernoudy, St. Louis (to 1994) Literature and illustration: Sale 8070: Property From the Collection of Gertrude Bernoudy. Christie’s New York, 10.11.1994, cat. no. 412, ill. p. 38