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Vaudeville Act (Quappi)

1934 and 1937
Not on view
This painting represents three of Beckmann’s great loves: cabaret and vaudeville, jazz, and his wife, Quappi. A trained violinist, she never played the banjo as she does here. Had Beckmann not added her name to the title, it would be difficult to recognize her. He painted the first version of this work in Berlin in 1934 but revised it in Amsterdam in 1937.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vaudeville Act (Quappi)
  • Artist: Max Beckmann (German, Leipzig 1884–1950 New York)
  • Date: 1934 and 1937
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 54 7/8 × 23 1/2 in. (139.4 × 59.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967
  • Object Number: 67.187.51
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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