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Lot 397 D

Hermann Max Pechstein - Zwei weibliche Akte

Auction 1043 - overview Cologne
28.11.2014, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 12.400 € (incl. premium)

Hermann Max Pechstein

Zwei weibliche Akte
1918

Black chalk drawing and watercolour on packing paper 43.4 x 34 cm Framed under glass. Monogrammed and dated 'HMP 1918' in pencil lower right. - Slight water stains to the margins. With a minor light-stain.

A typical motif from the series of so-called "Bewegungsstudien" (movement studies) made by the artist in this year.

Certificate

We would like to thank Alexander Pechstein, Dobersdorf, for his kind confirmatory information dated 13 October 2014. The work is registered with the archive of the Max Pechstein copyright association.

Provenance

Private possession, Rhineland (acquired in 1977)

Exhibitions

Durham/Sheffield/Leicester (Durham University/Graves Art Gallery/Leicester Museum and Art Gallery) 1970, Germany in ferment Festival 1970, exhib. cat. no. 27