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Max Pechstein
The Samland ode1918

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Lithograph with gestural black lines depicting a central standing nude figure with arms raised, surrounded by three additional figures in a loosely sketched outdoor setting, signed and dated 1917
Lithograph of a nude figure prone on the ground, deeply curved with head bowed and one arm extended forward, rendered in loose black crayon strokes against a white ground, with a small dark object near the outstretched hand.
Lithograph in black and white; a nude woman reclines in the foreground amid roughly sketched grasses, facing the viewer; above, a second reclining figure is rendered with gestural, expressive linework against a sketchy landscape background.
Printed page with German text above a black ink illustration of two women facing each other in three-quarter profile, rendered with loose expressive linework and hatching.
Black ink illustration, loose expressive linework, two figures in close embrace — a woman with long wavy hair and a bead necklace in the foreground, a second figure visible behind her, both rendered with gestural, sketchy strokes.
Lithograph or printed illustration on a book page with German text; loosely rendered standing nude figure with arms raised, surrounded by flowing organic forms, in soft gray tones.
Lithograph or charcoal drawing of a reclining nude figure in a loosely sketched outdoor setting, with foliage and flowers rendered in rapid, expressive strokes.
Print or lithograph illustration with loose, expressive linework: a reclining nude figure leans back on one arm in the foreground, while a seated figure holding a long staff or oar gestures behind; German text in roman type appears above.
Book page with German verse text above a pen-and-ink illustration of a figure bent low, reaching toward the ground, surrounded by loose sketchy lines suggesting wind, waves, or flowing fabric.
Black and white ink illustration of a rural estate scene, with a large manor house at left partially obscured by densely sketched trees, and a smaller outbuilding with a peaked roof at right, connected by a winding path; loose, expressive linework.
Book illustration in pen-and-ink, seascape with two large cresting waves stacked vertically, rendered in loose expressive linework with billowing foam and distant shoreline.
Black and white book illustration with loose ink linework; a nude seated figure at right faces swirling, wave-like forms that suggest wind or water, with a small winged figure emerging from the turbulence above. German text appears at top, page number 30 at bottom left.
Printed book page with German text above a black ink illustration: three nude figures in motion near a reclining nude figure, set against loosely sketched dark landscape with radiating lines suggesting light or water.
Lithograph with gestural black and white linework depicting two reclining nude figures on a textured ground, with bold horizontal strokes suggesting a landscape or water in the background.
Lithograph with loose, gestural linework depicting multiple nude figures across layered registers: a reclining draped figure with a face in three-quarter view at center, two nude women in the foreground, and small sketched figures in motion along the upper left background, with floral forms at right.
Artist or Maker
Max Pechstein
Title
The Samland ode
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1918
Medium
Printed material and fifteen lithographs on Van Gelder paper
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
83.1.166a-o
Classification
Books
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.