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Max Pechstein
The Lord's Prayer1921

Not on view
Woodcut print, vertical title page with two stylized figures in black and white, bold German text reading 'Das Vater Unser' and 'Holzschnitte von H.M.Pechstein'
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a large frontal face with a single eye on the forehead, radiating bold diagonal lines, with outstretched hands holding a sword and dove amid cloud forms; German text reads 'Vater Unser,' 'Der Du bist,' and 'im Himmel' in decorative block lettering
Woodcut print in black and white with bold, angular Expressionist style. Three elongated figures with raised hands emerge from a central burst of light. German text reading "Geheiliget werde" at top and "Dein Name" at bottom, in white lettering on black borders.
Woodcut print in black and white with bold graphic contrasts. Three figures stand before radiating beams of light beneath a dark sun with cloud forms. The left figure raises both arms upward; the center figure stands with arms outstretched; the right figure bends forward holding an open book. German Gothic text appears in three horizontal bands across the composition.
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting four angular, stylized figures gathered around a table with a fish at its center, viewed from above. German text in white letters reads "Unser täglich Brot" at top and "gieb uns heute" at bottom. Bold, expressionist carving with heavy contrasts.
Woodcut print in black and white with bold, angular Expressionist forms. Multiple figures with raised hands crowd the composition; a large bearded face dominates the upper center. German text reads "und vergieb uns" at top and "Unsre Schuld" at bottom.
Woodcut print with bold black ground; two angular figures, one standing behind and embracing the other who bows their head forward; dynamic carved linework with German text reading "Wie wir vergeben unsern Schuldigern" at top and bottom.
Woodcut print with bold black lines and angular Expressionist style; two intertwined nude figures at center, surrounded by a masked face upper left, a helmeted head upper right, and a creature with bared teeth at lower right; fragments of German text integrated throughout the composition, with "in Versuchung" along the bottom edge.
Woodcut print in black and white with three figures in angular, Expressionist style. Two figures kneel or crouch at left, one covering their face; a third figure at right buries their face in their hands. A radiating sun appears upper right. German text reads "Sondern erlöse uns" at top and "von dem Übel" at bottom.
Woodcut print in stark black and white with bold, angular figuration. A standing woman leans toward a seated man with hands clasped, both rendered with elongated, angular features. A child kneels in prayer in the foreground. Small fish float in the upper background. German text reads "Denn" and "Dein" at top, "ist das Reich" at bottom.
Color woodcut with bold black outlines; a central frontal face with yellow hair and striped features topped by a black triangle containing a large eye, surrounded by reaching hands and flanked by partial faces in red; German text in block letters reads "Und die Kraft" at top and "und die Herrlichkeit" at bottom
Color woodcut with bold black background featuring two hands—one outlined in red against a circular form at top, one dark at bottom in a yellow band—with German text reading "von Ewigkeit," "Amen!" and "zu Ewigkeit" in dynamic Expressionist lettering.
Artist or Maker
Max Pechstein
Title
The Lord's Prayer
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1921
Medium
Twelve woodcuts with watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions
Sheets: 23 7/16 x 16 3/16 in. (59.5 x 41 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.22a-l
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.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.

  • Barron, Stephanie et al. Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.

  • Barron, Stephanie et al., German Expressionism 1915-1925: The Second Generation. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.

  • Krüger, Günter. Das Druckgraphische werk Max Pechsteins. Tökendorf: R.C. Pechstein, 1988.