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Paul Rudoph Henning
Portrait of Pechsteincirca 1918

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Bronze sculpture of a stylized male head with angular, faceted planes, deeply recessed eyes, a bold nose, and a heavily modeled beard merging into the base

Paul Rudoph Henning, Portrait of Pechstein, circa 1918, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John C. Best, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Paul Rudoph Henning
Germany, 1886-1986
Title: Portrait of Pechstein
Place Made: Germany
Date Made: circa 1918
Medium: Bronze, only lifetime bronze, posthumous edition of 6
Dimensions: 14 9/16 × 9 13/16 × 6 11/16 in. (36.99 × 24.92 × 16.99 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John C. Best
Accession Number: M.86.154
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Modern Art
Selected Bibliography: Barron, Stephanie et al., German Expressionism 1915-1925: The Second Generation. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.