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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 7, 2019 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Art of the 20/21 Century I | 100 | $****** - ****** | Damenbildnis; Liegender Akt |
paintings
81.3 x 71.2 cm (32.01 x 28.03 in)
Oil on canvas
Herbert Schönburg, Leipzig (presumably acquired in the 1920s).
Ever since in possession of a Northern German family.
Damenbildnis. Verso: Liegender Akt. 1913 /14.
Oil on canvas , painted on both sides.
Soika 1913/35 and 1913/34. 81.3 x 71.2 cm (32 x 28 in).
- Pechstein described 1913 as the year of an increased production.
- Unusual sensual portrait.
- The depicted person is Luise Mendelsohn, wife of Erich Mendelsohn, architect of the Einstein Tower in Potsdam.
PROVENANCE: Herbert Schönburg, Leipzig (presumably acquired in the 1920s).
Ever since in possession of a Northern German family.
"Pechstein was a very lively person. He looked at me as if he wanted to capture me on the canvas right away. Without much ado he took his carbon pencil and sketched my contours. He knew then that I would come back and act as model. And that's what I did."
Luise Mendelsohn neé Maas, quote after: Aya Soika, Max Pechstein, Das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, volume I, p. 118.
