Sale: 386 / Modern Art, Dec. 10. 2011 in Munich Lot 51

 
Hermann Max Pechstein - Reisebilder. Italien - Südsee


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Hermann Max Pechstein
Reisebilder. Italien - Südsee, 1919.
Lithograph
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400

(incl. surcharge)
Book comprising 50 Lithographs, some with watercolors by the artist, as well as with lithographed title sheet, imprint and text sheet. Published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin 1919.
Krüger L 303-357. All signed, additionally signed and numbered in imprint as well as as inscribed and dedicated "Einzigstes handaquarelliertes Exemplar M. Pechstein for Mr. Lutzeyer (Lutzeier)" by the artist on title sheet. Copy 330 of a total of 810, however, as it is the only colored copy it is a unique piece. On laid paper. Size of sheet: each 28 x 36 cm (11 x 14,1 in). Size of book: 28,7 x 37 cm (11,3 x 14,6 in).
XV. work of the Pan-Presse. With thread binding in original cloth binding. Boards as well as endpapers with scenes in watercolors, front endpaper with two monograms. Following pages are colored: L 303 - 308, L 328, L 334, L 335, L 341, L 346, L347, L356.
The collector Paul Lutzeier, born in 1909, became familiarized with Europe and the art of the 1920s in a "pre-college year". However, it was not before a second stay in the old world after World War II that he had the chance to actually acquire the works he loved so much. Stationed as a soldier in Berlin during the 1948/49 blockade, artists such as Max Kaus, Heinz Trökes, Karl Hofer, Hermann Max Pechstein and Karl Schmidt Rottluff met with art historians like Will Grohmann in Lutzeier's villa in Dahlem for intense discussions. This only hand-colored copy of Max Pechstein's 'Reisebilder' must have come into the posession of Paul Lutzeier in those days.

Accompanied by a written confirmation issued by Alexander Pechstein dated 7 September, 2011.

PROVENANCE: Lutzeier Collection.
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Lutzeier Collection - Detroit Collects Prints & Drawings, The Detroit Institute of Arts, 13 April - 21 May, 1972.

[CB/KH].




51
Hermann Max Pechstein
Reisebilder. Italien - Südsee, 1919.
Lithograph
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400

(incl. surcharge)