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Max Pechstein
Figure of an idol1920

Not on view
Woodcut print with bold black-and-white lines depicting a stylized mask-like figure with jagged rays and geometric patterning; text reads 'HyPechstein Holzschnitte 1919'

Max Pechstein, Figure of an idol, 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Max Pechstein
Title
Figure of an idol
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1920
Medium
Woodcut on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 15 13/16 x 11 11/16 in. (40.16 x 29.69 cm); Sheet: 24 x 18 7/8 in. (60.96 x 47.94 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.248
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Krüger, Günter. Das Druckgraphische werk Max Pechsteins. Tökendorf: R.C. Pechstein, 1988.

  • 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.

  • Fechter, Paul. Das graphische Werk Max Pechsteins. Berlin, Fritz Gurlitt, c. 1921.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pechstein Hamburg / Toekendorf / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn