Girl

1909

Max Pechstein

Associated Names
Max Pechstein

Artist, German, 1881 - 1955

The image is a drawing of a person's upper body in a simple, sketched style. The person is depicted in a three-quarter view, facing slightly to the left. The facial features are stylized, with defined eyebrows, eyes, and lips. The hair is neatly styled with texture lines indicating volume. The individual lacks detailed clothing, jewelry, or objects. The background is plain with abstract textural marks and smudging. The artist's signature and date are in the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on oatmeal cardboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.8 × 24.7 cm (11 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 53 × 38.2 cm (20 7/8 × 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.436

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Krüger 1988, no. R43

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Graphics International, Ltd., Washington, D.C.); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 16, 1977; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1921

  • Fechter, Paul. Das graphische Werk: Max Pechstein. Berlin: Verlag Gurlitt, 1921, no. 40.

1988

  • Krüger, Günter. Das Druckgraphische Werk Max Pechsteins. Hamburg: Max Pechstein-Archiv, 1988, no. R43.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: HMP / 09; lower right in graphite: 2 M. Pechstein / 09; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: #83; verso in red pencil by unknown hand: 6

Wikidata ID

Q76556912

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