Hermann Max Pechstein
Karneval VII
1910
Lithograph on smooth, thin chamois-coloured paper 28 x 38 cm (41.1 x 53.9 cm) Signed and dated 'Pechstein 1910' in pencil lower right and titled 'Karneval VII' lower left. Sheet 7 of the eponymous series of 10 lithographs. Handprinted by Pechstein. In this colour variant, Columbine has been overprinted in grey. Extremly rare. In this version, Columbine has been overprinted in grey. - Slightly browned in the mat opening and with a slight light-stain; with minor localised traces of creases.
The lithographs for "Carneval" demonstrate Pechstein's early mastery in his exploration and handling of graphic media. Reduced entirely to the contrast of black and white, they exhibit great fluidity and freedom in the painterly recording of the individual scenes, as well as a highly expressive reduction of detailed description. Pechstein's indications regarding the space of the stage are sparing and varied in each lithograph in particular fashion.
Catalogue Raisonné
Krüger L 121
Provenance
Former collection Joachim (Jim) Mersmann, Wiesbaden, since then in family possession
Literature
Waltraut Neuerburg, Der graphische Zyklus im deutschen Expressionsmus und seine Typen 1905 bis 1925, Bonn 1976 (Diss.), p. 81 f.
Exhibitions
Dresden 1910 (Galerie Arnold), K.G. Brücke, no. 60; Berlin Jan. 1912 (Gutenberg-Kunsthandlung), Graphische Arbeiten von Max Pechstein, cf. cat. no. 17, 18