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Max Pechstein
Beach at Nidden1911

Not on view
Oil painting of sailboats near a shoreline with figures wading in choppy water, rendered in bold, expressive brushstrokes of cobalt blue, brick red, and olive green
Artist or Maker
Max Pechstein
Germany, 1881-1955
Title
Beach at Nidden
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1911
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
19 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (49.53 x 72.39 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Best
Accession Number
62.39
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1881-1955). [Galerie Gurlitt, Berlin at least by 1923: Kommission.] John C. Best, Los Angeles, by 1956; given in 1961 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Soika, Aya. Max Pechstein: das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde. Munich: Hirmer, 2011.