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MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)

Lot 209
10.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 209 | MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)
Toilette
signed ‘HMPechstein’ (upper left); signed, dated and inscribed ‘HMPechstein Toilette 1921 (36’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
47 3/8 x 36 in. (120.5 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in Łeba in 1921




Provenance

Galerie Lutz & Co., Berlin, by whom acquired circa 1922-1923.
Dr. Karl Lilienfeld, Leipzig, Berlin & New York, by 1932.
Germanic Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, on loan from 1935 to 1937.
San Francisco, Museum of Art, on loan from 24 May 1937 to mid-1938.
Margarete Lilienfeld, New York, by descent from the above in 1966.
Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich, by whom acquired from the above in 1970.
Acquired from the above by the late owner on 2 July 1970, and thence by descent.



Literature

A. Soika, Max Pechstein, Das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, vol. II, 1919-1954, Munich, 2011, no. 1921/55, p. 253 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Berlin, Galerie Lutz & Co., Sommer-Ausstellung, August - September 1923, no. 2.
Dresden, Galerie Arnold, Jubiläumsausstellung, Kunst der Gegenwart, October 1923, p. 30 (titled ‘Bei der Toilette’).
New York, Lilienfeld Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings by Max Pechstein, December 1932, no. 17 (titled ‘Interior’).
Germanic Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, on loan from 1935 to 1937.
San Francisco, Museum of Art, on loan from 24 May 1937 to mid-1938.
Munich, Galerie Gunzenhauser, Max Pechstein, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik, April - June 1970, no. 4, p. 6 (illustrated p. 9).
Artist:Max Pechstein (1881 - 1955)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Expressionism, Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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