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Max Pechstein
Sunlight (Sonnenflecken)1921

On view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3
Oil painting of two young women in white dresses standing outdoors before dense green foliage, painted with bold brushwork and a yellow-orange, green, and blue palette
Artist or Maker
Max Pechstein
Germany, 1881-1955
Title
Sunlight (Sonnenflecken)
Date Made
1921
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
47 1/4 × 36 in. (120.02 × 91.44 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Josef von Sternberg
Accession Number
46.26.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
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.
Selected Bibliography
  • Soika, Aya. Max Pechstein: das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde. Munich: Hirmer, 2011.