Lot 243 
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243
Hermann Max Pechstein
Blumenstillleben mit grüner Decke, 1927.
Brush and India ink and watercolor
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 23,600 Sold:
€ 22,860 / $ 26,974 (incl. surcharge)
Blumenstillleben mit grüner Decke. 1927.
Brush and India ink and watercolor.
Signed (in ligature) and dated lower right. On wove paper. 60.7 x 48 cm (23.8 x 18.8 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• Watercolors from this period are characterized by vital graphic elements that lend them an extraordinary presence.
• With firm contours, reduced colors, and subtle cold-warm contrasts, Pechstein creates a dense and opulent composition from the striking ornamental patterns of the curtain, the small vase, and the folded turquoise-green fabric.
• A skillful play of light and shadow, the juxtaposition of fore- and background, and the focus on only three motif components, create a dramatic tension.
• Part of a private collection in the Rhineland for almost 100 years.
• The year this work was created, the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, USA, honored Pechstein with a prize for a flower still life in oil paint.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, Rhineland (acquired from the above in the 1930s).
In family ownership ever since.
Brush and India ink and watercolor.
Signed (in ligature) and dated lower right. On wove paper. 60.7 x 48 cm (23.8 x 18.8 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• Watercolors from this period are characterized by vital graphic elements that lend them an extraordinary presence.
• With firm contours, reduced colors, and subtle cold-warm contrasts, Pechstein creates a dense and opulent composition from the striking ornamental patterns of the curtain, the small vase, and the folded turquoise-green fabric.
• A skillful play of light and shadow, the juxtaposition of fore- and background, and the focus on only three motif components, create a dramatic tension.
• Part of a private collection in the Rhineland for almost 100 years.
• The year this work was created, the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, USA, honored Pechstein with a prize for a flower still life in oil paint.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, Rhineland (acquired from the above in the 1930s).
In family ownership ever since.
243
Hermann Max Pechstein
Blumenstillleben mit grüner Decke, 1927.
Brush and India ink and watercolor
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 23,600 Sold:
€ 22,860 / $ 26,974 (incl. surcharge)
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