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Max Pechstein
Melancholy1912

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Woodcut print of a reclining female figure with closed eyes and flowing dark hair, in bold black and white with heavy hatching, signed 'Schwermuth M. Pechstein'

Max Pechstein, Melancholy, 1912, 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
Melancholy
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1912
Medium
Woodcut on thin pink wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (23.18 × 19.37 cm) Image: 5 1/4 × 4 3/8 in. (13.34 × 11.11 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.375h
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.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pechstein Hamburg / Toekendorf / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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