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Max Pechstein
Beach at Nidden1911

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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

Max Pechstein, Beach at Nidden, 1911, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Best, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

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) Frame: 24 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.
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
  • Benson, Timothy O. Expressionism in Germany and France: from Van Gogh to Kandinsky. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014.
  • Benson, Timothy O. L'Expressionnisme en Allemagne et en France : De van Gogh à Kandinsky. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2014.
  • Soika, Aya. Max Pechstein: das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde. Munich: Hirmer, 2011.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pechstein Hamburg / Toekendorf / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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