Max Pechstein (Zwickau 1881 – 1955 Berlin). ”Kalter Nachmittag” (Leba). 1921 Oil on canvas. 80 × 100 cm (31 ½ × 39 ⅜ in.). Signed lower left: HMPechstein. On the reverse with brush in black dated, titled and signed: 1921 (13 Kalter Nachmittag HMPechstein. Soika 1921/7.– [3063] Provenance: Galerie van Diemen, Berlin (1922) / Galerie Lutz & Co., Berlin (approx. 1922/23) / Hans of Meyenburg, Zurich (from approx. 1923 to 2005 in family collection) / Private Collection, Europe Exhibition: Max Pechstein. Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1923, cat. no. 64 / Ausländische Kunst in Zürich. Zurich, Kunsthaus, 1943, cat. no. 368 Literature and illustration: Karl Scheffler: Max Pechsteins Bilder. In: Kunst and Künstler, vol. 20, issue 5, Berlin 1921/22, p. 158-166, ill. p. 158 / Max Osborn: Max Pechstein. Berlin, Propyläen-Verlag, 1922, ill. p. 208 The work is auctioned on behalf of and for the benefit of a European charitable foundation