Sale: 533 / Modern Art Day Sale and Gerlinger Collection, Dec. 10. 2022 in Munich Lot 503

 

503
Hermann Max Pechstein
Boote in Nidden, 1909.
India Ink
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,640
Sold:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600

(incl. surcharge)
Boote in Nidden. 1909.
India Ink.
Lower left monogrammed and dated. On brownish cardboard. 38.2 x 53.4 cm (15 x 21 in), the full sheet. [KT].

• Pechstein mentions 1909 as the year of his artistic breakthrough.
• Made during his first stay in Nida, which released a new creative energy.
• Work with a strong composition that testifies to Pechstein's remarkable graphic qualities.
• Important previous owner: from the Collection Günter Krüger (1918-2003), author of Pechstein's catalog raisonné of prints
.

PROVENANCE: Collection Dr. Günter Krüger, Berlin (1959).
Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Der junge Pechstein, Hochschule für Bildende Künste/Nationalgalerie Berlin, February 1 - March 15, 1959, cat. no. 48.
Max Pechstein. Das ferne Paradies (Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik), Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen, November 26, 1995 - January 28, 1996, Städtisches Museum, Zwickau, February 18 - April 14, 1996, cat. no. 27, p. 110 (with the title "Segelboote Nidden").
Pechstein in Nidden 1909, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, October 26, 1999 - January 23, 2000 (illu. no. 7).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017).
Im Rhythmus der Natur: Landschaftsmalerei der "Brücke". Meisterwerke der Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Städtische Galerie, Ravensburg, October 28, 2006 - January 28, 2007, p. 73 (with illu.).
Nolde, Pechstein, Amiet, Mueller. Im Kreis der Brücke, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle (Saale), June 2 - March 29, 2013 (no cat.).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Dr. G. Krüger, Neue Schau, Kassel/Basel, April 1959.
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 387, SHG no. 851 (with illu.).

The year 1909 is to become a very fulfilling and successful one for Max Pechstein: He met his future wife Charlotte (Lotte) Kaprolat, and was represented at the Berlin Secession for the first time, of the three paintings on display he sold two during the exhibition. The proceeds allowed him to finance a summer stay in Nida on the Curonian Spit from mid-June to early September. On the Baltic Sea he showed great interest in the simple life, the fishermen, their small picturesque houses and the boats that quietly rock on the waves. In addition to paintings, he created numerous watercolors and ink drawings, for which Heckel sent him ink colors by mail in July. The artfully chosen view of the sea, the narrow boats and the clouds drifting above them reveal how skilled Pechstein was in combining drawing and painting qualities. [KT]



503
Hermann Max Pechstein
Boote in Nidden, 1909.
India Ink
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,640
Sold:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600

(incl. surcharge)