Hermann Max Pechstein - Kutter auf der Slip - image-1

Lot 361 D

Hermann Max Pechstein - Kutter auf der Slip

Auction 1004 - overview Cologne
30.11.2012, 00:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 18.000 € - 22.000 €
Result: 31.720 € (incl. premium)

Watercolour and India ink drawing on watercolour paper 49.9/ 50.4 x 65.4 cm, framed under glass. Signed and dated 'HMPechstein [ligated] 1954' in pencil lower edge. - The corners with single small pinholes and at the upper edge three small traces of former adhesive tape mounting. Very fresh colours.

The watercolour is based on the oil painting 'Kutter auf der Slip' (Fishing Boat on the Slip) from 1933, which was overpainted with the motif 'Brücke von Levanto' (Bridge in Levanto) in 1954. The former composition was recognised through screening during technical research. Both compositions are similar in the motif of the enface view to the fishing boat lying in the dock, the sea view with sailing boats and, in particular, the mighty white clouds in the sky. (cf. Aya Soika, Max Pechstein. Catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings, Munich 2011, Vol. II, 1954/1 and the screening photography p. 533).

Provenance

Private possession, North Rhine-Westfalia