Sunlight (Sonnenflecken)

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Sunlight (Sonnenflecken)

Germany, 1921
Paintings
Oil on canvas
47 1/4 × 36 in. (120.02 × 91.44 cm)
Gift of Josef von Sternberg (46.26.2)
Modern Art
Currently on public view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3

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Provenance

The artist (1881-1955)....
The artist (1881-1955). [sold in 1922 to Galerie van Diemen, Berlin]; on loan to Kunsthütte Chemnitz; [Galerie Lutz & Co., Berlin]; sold in 1929/30 to Josef von Sternberg,(1894-1969), Berlin and Los Angeles; given in  1946 to the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art; transferred in 1961 to LACMA.
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Bibliography

  • Soika, Aya. Max Pechstein: das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde. Munich: Hirmer, 2011.