Lot no. 25
Hermann Max Pechstein (Zwickau 1881 – 1955 Berlin). ”Sonnenflecken”. 1922
Oil on canvas. 100 × 80,5 cm (39 ⅜ × 31 ¾ in.). Signed lower right: HMPechstein. On the reverse dated, numbered, titled and signed: 1922/9 Sonnenflecken HMPechstein.
Soika 1922/13.–
[3206]
Provenance: Private Collection, Germany/Israel (until 1987) / Private Collection, Switzerland (from 1987) / Galerie Art Focus, Zurich (1997) / Private Collection, San Francisco (since 1997)
Literature and illustration: Auction catalogue: Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts. Munich, Sotheby’s, 28.10.1987, cat.no. 92, w. ill. / Exhibition catalogue Max Pechstein. Sein malerisches Werk. Berlin, Brücke-Museum; Tübingen, Kunsthalle; Kiel, Kunsthalle, 1996/97, ill. pl. 128 [with erroneous location information]
<a href="https://www.grisebach.com/fileadmin/downloads/PDFs/S2023/Grisebach_350_25_PECHSTEIN_EN.pdf">To the accompanying essay</a> by Andreas Fluck<div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/821961305?h=0f9f648d42&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="Max Pechstein"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>
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