ID 792649
Lot 556 | HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
Sitzender Akt (Akt auf dem Hocker)
signed with initials and dated 'HMP 1914' (lower right); numbered '104' (lower left)
pencil and wash on paper
19 1⁄8 x 13 1⁄8 in. (49.2 x 33.5 cm.)
Executed in 1914
Provenance
Serge Sabarsky, New York.
Private collection, New York.
Anonymous sale, Grisebach, Berlin, 21-22 November 1986, lot 110.
Anton C.R. Dreesmann, Laren, by whom acquired at the above sale; his sale, Christie's, London, 9 April 2002, lot 142.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 May 2013, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
L. Reidemeister, eds., Max Pechstein Erinnerungen, Berlin, 1947, p. 73 (illustrated as line etching).
W. Heymann, Max Pechstein, Munich, 1916, p. 51 (illustrated as line etching).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Post lot text
Julia Pechstein has confirmed the authenticity of the work.
| Artist: | Max Pechstein (1881 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Artist: | Max Pechstein (1881 - 1955) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Nude art |
| Address of auction |
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