ID 963780
Lot 23 | Unterhaltung
Estimate value
€ 600 000 – 800 000
Title: "Unterhaltung".
Date: 1920.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 80 x 100cm.
Notation: Monogrammed and dated lower right: HMP 1920. Once more signed and dated verso. Here additionally inscribed with work number and titled: 30 (circled) Unterhaltung.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.
In the workshop book kept by Max Pechstein in the 1920s, the painting is noted for the year 1920 with the entry "30) Unterhaltung".
Provenance:
- Galerie van Diemen, Berlin
- Private collection Berlin
- Galerie Gerd Rosen, Berlin
- Private collection Bavaria
- Art dealer Alexander Gebhardt, Munich
- Galerie Thomas, Munich
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (since 1972)
Exhibitions:
- Galerie Goyert, Cologne 1921
- Kunstsalon Ludwig Schames, Frankfurt a. M. 1921
- Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover 1922
- Kunstgebäude am Schloßplatz, Stuttgart 1924
- Dankwarderode Castle, Brunswick 1925
Literature:
- Soika, Aya: Max Pechstein - Das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, vol. II, 1919-1954, Munich 2011, cat. rais. no. 1920/32, ill.
- Exhib. cat. H.M. Pechstein and Rudolf Belling, Galerie Goyert, Cologne 1921, cat. no. 29, ill.
- Exhib. cat. H.M. Pechstein, Kunstsalon Ludwig Schames, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, cat. no. 26
- Exhib. cat. Max Pechstein, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover 1922, cat. no. 46
- Exhib. cat. Neue deutsche Kunst - Stuttgarter Kunstsommer, Kunstgebäude am Schloßplatz, Stuttgart 1924, cat. no. 159
- Exhib. cat. of the second large summer exhibition of the Künstlerbund Niedersachen e.V., Dankwarderode Castle, Brunswick 1925, cat. no. 117
- Harmonious composition in which Pechstein depicts the unity of all creatures and their interconnectedness
- The light-flooded colours and the faces of the sitters show a clear recollection of his trip to Palau in 1914
- In this museal work, Pechstein brings his longing for exotic cultures and their special nativeness to the canvas.
Auction house category: | Modern Art |
---|
Auction house category: | Modern Art |
---|
Address of auction |
VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Hitzelerstr. 2 50968 Köln Germany | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview |
| ||||||||||||||
Phone | +49 221 92586215 | ||||||||||||||
Fax | +49 221 92 58 62 4 | ||||||||||||||
Buyer Premium | 29% | ||||||||||||||
Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase | ||||||||||||||
Business hours | Business hours
|
Related terms
Frequently asked questions
First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.