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Max Pechstein
Exotic Heads1917

Not on view
Woodcut print, head-and-shoulders profile portrait of a figure with a striped headband and tall headdress, wearing an oval-link necklace, printed in bold black ink on cream paper
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a close-up portrait of a face with boldly carved features, wearing a beaded necklace and circular earring, with striped hair and large foliage behind, rendered in high-contrast expressionist style with visible gouge marks.
Woodcut print in black and white of a reclining figure with one arm raised, rendered in bold expressionist style with dynamic carved lines suggesting drapery and musculature against a dark background.
Woodcut print in black and white, close-up frontal portrait of a person with upswept hair adorned with pins, large circular ear ornaments, facial markings, and a beaded necklace, with bold carved lines and textured gouged surface.
Woodblock print, bust-length figure in three-quarter view wearing an ornate helmet with scaled crown and geometric decorative panels, rendered in bold black and white with angular, deeply carved lines.
Woodcut print in black and white, close-up portrait of a figure wearing a jester's or fool's hat with curling ornaments, costumed with a ruffled collar and dotted garment, rendered with bold angular lines and deep contrast.
Artist or Maker
Max Pechstein
Title
Exotic Heads
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1917
Medium
Six woodcuts on green laid paper
Dimensions
See individual entries
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by the Ducommun and Gross Acquisition Fund, and the Twentieth Century Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
AC1992.237.20.1-.6
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Krüger, Günter. Das Druckgraphische werk Max Pechsteins. Tökendorf: R.C. Pechstein, 1988.
  • Fechter, Paul. Das graphische Werk Max Pechsteins. Berlin, Fritz Gurlitt, c. 1921.