Blumenstillleben. 1913.
Oil on canvas.
Soika 1913/6. Monogrammed and dated in lower right. 97.5 x 69.5 cm (38.3 x 27.3 in).
The work "Zwei Akte im Wald" (Soika 1912/30) was originally executed on rear of this work, it was transferred onto a new canvas in 1984.
Inimitable still life with pipe from the artist's most important period of creation.
PROVENANCE: Collection Býtsch, Grýfelfing/Bavaria.
Private collection Bavaria (ca. 1968/69).
Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, December 5, 1969, cat. no. 4867.
Selected Artists Galleries, New York (1970).
Galerie Thomas, Munich (until 1975).
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, June 7, 1975, cat. no. 1426, with illu.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York (around 1975).
Galerie Welz, Salzburg (around 1983).
Private collection Municn (1984).
Sotheby´s, New York, auction May 16, 1984, no. 389a.
Private collection USA (1984-2004).
Private collection (2004-2007).
EXHIBITION: Expressionists Major paintings, water colors, drawings and sculptures by 17 German Expressionists, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York September 19, 1972 to May 1973, cat. no. 60, with illu.
"There is quite some turmoil here in Berlin because of Pechstein's latest exhibition at Gurlitt. The Berliners will soon crown him as their darling."
Ada Nolde, February 1913, quote after: Soika, vol. I, p. 19.