Lot 391
  • 391

Max Pechstein

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Max Pechstein
  • Herbstbaum mit Spiegelung (Autumnal Tree with Reflection)
  • signed HMPechstein (lower right)
  • watercolour and pencil on paper
  • 58.8 by 49.1cm., 23 1/8 by 19 1/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie Maison Bernard, Caracas
Acquired by the present owner before 1990

Exhibited

Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Arte alemán en Venezuela, 1979

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the mount at the left corners. The sheet is time-stained and there are some scattered spots of foxing. There is a small paper loss to the upper left corner and a minor nick to the centre of the left edge. There are some minor flattened creases along the right edge which are not visually distracting. A further crease is visible towards the centre of the lower edge and there is a minor loss of pigment to the deep blue towards the centre of the left edge. Overall this work is in good condition.
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