Hermann Max Pechstein - Dorfstrasse im Frühling - Leba (Village Road in Spring - Leba) - image-1

Lot 414 D

Hermann Max Pechstein - Dorfstrasse im Frühling - Leba (Village Road in Spring - Leba)

Auction 979 - overview Cologne
31.05.2011, 00:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 15.000 € - 17.000 €
Result: 18.150 € (incl. premium)

Watercolour over preparatory graphite drawing on firm drawing paper with fragmented embossed stamp of Schoellershammer 48.3 x 60.7 cm, framed under glass. Signed and dated HMPechstein 1923 (H, M and P joined) lower right. - With thumbtack holes in the corners, the margins irregularly trimmed.

Certificate

The watercolour is registered in the Max Pechstein Archive (expertise dated 17 July 1995 by Alexander M. Pechstein, Hamburg); we would like to thank Alexander Pechstein, Max Pechstein copyright association, for kind information.

Provenance

Leo Spik, Berlin (1968) "Häuser mit roten Dächern"; Christie's London (1969) "Das Dorf"; Ketterer, Munich (1972); private possession, Southern Germany, acquired in the art trade, Rhineland (1977)