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Max PechsteinFrau und Mädchen (Woman and Girl) /// Max Pechstein German Expressionist Litho1917
1917
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About the Item
Artist: Hermann Max Pechstein (German, 1881-1955)
Title: "Frau und Mädchen (Woman and Girl)"
Portfolio: Paraphrasen zur Samländischen Ode (Paraphrases of the Samland Ode)
*Signed and dated by Pechstein in pencil lower right
Year: 1917, (published 1918)
Medium: Original Lithograph on smooth cream imitation Japan paper
Limited edition: a proof aside from the standard edition of 130
Printer: Gurlitt-Presse, Berlin, Germany
Publisher: Fritz Gurlitt Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Reference: "Das Druckgraphische Werk Max Pechsteins" - Krüger No. L 233, page 198
Framing: Recently beautifully framed in a gold modern moulding with 100% cotton rag matting and Museum Glass
Framed size: 20.63" x 22.07"
Sheet size: 12.69" x 13.38"
Image size: 6" x 8"
Condition: In excellent condition
Extremely rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Forest Hills, NY; acquired from the Ismar Littmann Family Collection, New York, NY. "Probedruck" (test print) pencil inscribed by Pechstein lower left. This very signed and dated proof is noted in Krüger. Comes from Pechstein's 1918 "Paraphrasen zur Samländischen Ode (Paraphrases of the Samland Ode)" portfolio of 21 lithographs, (Krüger Nos. L 230-250, page 197-203). Printed in one color from one stone plate: black. There is an example of this work within the permanent collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
In 1918, Wolfgang Gurlitt published Die Samländischen Ode (The Samland Ode), an Expressionist lyric poem by Heinrich Lautensack with illustrations by Max Pechstein. In Lautensack's poem, written in 1915 while he was stationed with the German Army on the Baltic coast, the incursions of modern life-soldiers and telegraph poles—have barely touched the timeless, vast landscape of the Samland peninsula, an area of shifting dunes and desolate beaches at the eastern reach of Prussia. Pechstein, who knew this area well from his repeated stays in nearby Nidden, captured the essence of Lautensack's verse in twenty-one lithographs of bathers, frolicking horses, storm-tossed boats, and rustic Baltic architecture. Pechstein populated his raw northern landscapes with figures influenced by African tribal sculpture and Oceanic art, which were key sources in the Expressionist quest for authenticity and rejuvenation. Pechstein executed these prints in 1917 during an enormously productive period following his release from the army, when he completed approximately 160 paintings, including many influenced by his trip in 1914 to the Palau Islands in the South Pacific. Gurlitt had funded the trip and Pechstein consequently owed him prints and portfolios. Die Samländischen Ode partly satisfied this obligation.
The art collection of Ismar Littmann (1878-1934), a German lawyer who lived in Breslau, comprised 347 paintings and watercolors and 5,814 drawings from artists such as Lovis Corinth, Max Pechstein, Erich Heckel, Max Liebermann, Käthe Kollwitz, Lucien Adrion, and Otto Mueller. Ismar Littmann was a patron of cultural life in Breslau. He supported young artists, helped found the local Jewish Museum, served as a board member of the "Society of Friends of Art", and promoted modern art. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Littmann was persecuted because he was Jewish. Banned from practicing law, socially and politically marginalized, and economically devastated, he died by suicide in 1934.
Biography:
Pechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. Early contact with the art of Vincent van Gogh stimulated Pechstein's development toward expressionism. After studying art first at the School of Applied Arts and then at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden, Pechstein met Erich Heckel and joined the art group Die Bru¨cke in 1906. He was the only member to have formal art training. Later in Berlin, he helped to found the Neue Sezession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves. His paintings eventually became more primitivist, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures.
From 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. A total of 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. Sixteen of his works were displayed in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition of 1937. During this time, Pechstein went into seclusion in rural Pomerania. He was a prolific printmaker, producing 421 lithographs, 315 woodcuts and linocuts, and 165 intaglio prints, mostly etchings. Pechstein was a professor at the Berlin Academy for ten years before his dismissal by the Nazis in 1933. He was reinstated in 1945, and subsequently won numerous titles and awards for his work. He died in West Berlin. He is buried on the Evangelischer Friedhof Alt-Schmargendorf in Berlin.
- Creator:Max Pechstein (1881-1955, German)
- Creation Year:1917
- Dimensions:Height: 20.63 in (52.41 cm)Width: 22.07 in (56.06 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Saint Augustine, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU121216997882
Max Pechstein
Pechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. Early contact with the art of Vincent van Gogh stimulated Pechstein's development toward expressionism. After studying art first at the School of Applied Arts and then at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden, Pechstein met Erich Heckel and joined the art group Die Brucke in 1906. He was the only member to have formal art training. Later in Berlin, he helped to found the Neue Sezession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves. His paintings eventually became more primitivist, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures.
From 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. A total of 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. Sixteen of his works were displayed in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition of 1937. During this time, Pechstein went into seclusion in rural Pomerania. He was a prolific printmaker, producing 421 lithographs, 315 woodcuts and linocuts, and 165 intaglio prints, mostly etchings. Pechstein was a professor at the Berlin Academy for ten years before his dismissal by the Nazis in 1933. He was reinstated in 1945, and subsequently won numerous titles and awards for his work. He died in West Berlin. He is buried on the Evangelischer Friedhof Alt-Schmargendorf in Berlin.
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