Lovers by the Seashore

1919

Max Pechstein

Associated Names
Max Pechstein

Artist, German, 1881 - 1955

The image shows a beach scene from an aerial and slightly angled perspective. The composition includes the ocean meeting the sky at the horizon, where the sky features expressive brushstrokes of blue, orange, and yellow hues. An abstract sun with vibrant rings of color is depicted. The color palette consists of deep blues with warm tones and hints of green. Small boats are lined up near the shore, with a silhouetted couple walking along the water's edge. Further boats are visible in the distance, with land masses to the left of the shoreline.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31.4 x 41 cm (12 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.1.20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Morris Hillquit [1869-1933], New York; Julius S. Held, Old Bennington, Vermont; gift to NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 93.

1973

  • One Hundred Master Drawings from New England Private Collections, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College; Museum of Fine Art, Boston, 1973-1974, no. 82.

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 59.

1985

  • Landscape Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

Bibliography

1964

  • Johnson, Una. Twentieth Century Drawings: Part I, 1900-1940. New York, 1964: 79, pl. 47.

1973

  • Robinson 1973, no. 82.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: H Pechstein 1919

Wikidata ID

Q64614189

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