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HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)

Lot 21
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ID 1163443
Lot 21 | HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)
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HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)

Abend in der Düne

signed and dated ‘Pechstein 1911’ (lower right); inscribed ‘Abend in der Düne’ (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

27 ¾ x 31 5⁄8 in. (70.5 x 80.5 cm.)

Painted in Nidden in 1911





Provenance

Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, Berlin, Detroit & Los Angeles, by whom acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent, until 1966.

Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 11 June 1966, lot 813.

Leonard & Ingrid Hutton [Leonard Hutton Galleries], New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1986.



Literature

R. A. Heller, 'Die Brücke at Cornell' in Artforum, May 1970, pp. 41 & 43 (illustrated p. 41).

J. Elderfield, The "Wild Beasts", Fauvism and Its Affinities, New York & Toronto, 1976, p. 145 (illustrated).

P. E. Kaplan & S. Manso, eds., Major European Art Movements, 1900-1945, New York, 1977, no. 22, p. 63 (illustrated).

D. E. Gordon, Expressionism, Art and Idea, New Haven & London, 1987, no. 76, pp. 95 & 194 (illustrated p. 95 & p. 194. pl. 16).

M. M. Moeller, Die ‘Brücke’, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle und Druckgraphik von Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel, Max Pechstein, Emil Nolde und Otto Mueller, aus der Sammlung des Brücke-Museums Berlin, Munich, 1995 (illustrated p. 23, fig. 30).

A. Lampe, 'Französische Voran. Inspirationsquelle zum Motiv der Badenden im deutschen Expressionismus', in Die Badenden, Mensch und Natur im deutschen Expressionismus, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bielefield, 2000, p. 136 (illustrated).

G. Leistner, Max Pechstein: Blauer Tag, 1911, Regensburg, 2003, pp. 33 & 40 (illustrated).

A. Soika, Max Pechstein: Das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, vol. I, 1905-1918, Munich, 2011, no.1911⁄36, p. 327 (illustrated).



Exhibited

(Possibly) Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Kollektion verschiedener Künstler, December 1911 - January 1912, no. 34 (titled 'In den Dünen').

(Possibly) Frankfurt am Main, Kunstsalon Ludwig Schames, Max Pechstein: Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Skizzen, April 1914, no. 22 or 23 (titled 'In den Dünen I/II').

(Possibly) Munich, Hanz Holz Gallery, Neue Kunst - Hans Goltz, Gemälde, Graphik, Plastik, August - September 1914, no. 52 (titled 'In den Dünen').

Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Gallery, German Expressionism in Art 1905-1935: Painting, Sculpture, Prints, October - November 1951, no. 107 (titled ‘Red Nudes’).

Detroit, J. L. Hudson Gallery, The W. R. Valentiner Memorial Exhibition, November 1963 - January 1964, no. 36 (titled ‘Bathers on the Dunes’).

New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Fauves and Expressionists, April - June 1968, no. 94 (illustrated).

Providence, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, Art for Your Collection, 1969.

Ithaca, New York, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Brücke, February - March 1970, no. 34 (illustrated p. 11); this exhibition later travelled to Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, April - May 1970.

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Art in a Turbulent Era, German and Austrian Expressionism, March - April 1978, pp. 6 & 29 (illustrated pl. 3).

Berlin, Brücke Museum, Max Pechstein: Sein malerisches Werk, September 1996 - January 1997, no. 64, pp. 100 & 315 (illustrated p. 100); this exhibition later travelled to Tübingen, Kunsthalle, January - April 1997 and Kiel, Kunsthalle, April - June 1997.

Murnau, Schloßmuseum, Maler des "Blauen Reiter", Paul Klee, Deutsche Expressionisten, Eine Privatsammlung, July - November 2006, no. 50, pp. 128 & 179 (illustrated pp. 129 & 179).
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