Wounded Soldier

1917

Max Pechstein

Associated Names
Max Pechstein

Artist, German, 1881 - 1955

The image displays bold, angular lines and contrasting black and white shapes that form an abstract composition. The figures have sharp, exaggerated features resembling human faces, similar to masks or theatrical expressions. The angular contours and intersecting lines resemble a cubist sculpture, with the light and shadow emphasizing the intensity of their expressions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 40 x 29.7 cm (15 3/4 x 11 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 61.9 x 50.6 cm (24 3/8 x 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.359

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Krüger 1988, no. H183, ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Claude Schaefer, Montevideo, Uruguay; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1950 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • Krüger, Günter. Das Druckgraphische Werk Max Pechsteins. Hamburg: Max Pechstein-Archiv, 1988, no. H183, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Pechstein 1919

Markings

stamped verso in black ink: COMISION NACIONAL DE MUSEOS / Y MONUMENTOS HISTORICOS / JOSE LUIS BUSANICHE / SECRETARIO GENERALE

Wikidata ID

Q65362633

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