Sale: 551 / Collection Hermann Gerlinger: woodcuts, June 10. 2023 in Munich Lot 541

 

541
Hermann Max Pechstein
Erlegung des Festbratens, 1911.
Woodcut, colored in red, green and yellow
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,320
Sold:
€ 8,255 / $ 8,915

(incl. surcharge)
Erlegung des Festbratens. 1911.
Woodcut, colored in red, green and yellow.
Krüger H 131. Söhn 53837. Signed, dated and numbered. Inscribed in typography with the artist's name, the title and the technique. From an edition of 100 copies. On newsprint, respectively printed on the cover of the magazine "Der Sturm", which explains the typography on the reverse. 22.8 x 26 cm (8.9 x 10.2 in). Sheet: 26 x 29,4 cm (10,2 x 11,5 in).
Printed by Carl Hause, Berlin. Published by Der Sturm, Berlin. The motif was also used for the cover of the magazine "Der Sturm", no. 93 (January 1912). With fragments of a text by Kurt Hiller, 'Der Sinn des Lebens und die Reichstagswahl', p. 470 on the reverse. [AR/CH].
• From the sought-after "Brücke" days.
• Cover of the magazine "Der Sturm", Berlin, no. 93, January 1912.
• Other copies are at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
• The plein-air nude is one of the main "Brücke" motifs
.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the Hauswedell & Nolte in 2002, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Expressiv! Die Künstler der "Brücke", Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina Vienna, June 1 - August 26, 2007, cat. no. 225 (with color illu.).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Herwarth Walden, Der Sturm. Wochenzeitschrift für Kultur und die Künste, Berlin, Jahrgang 1912, no. 93, January 1912 (cover and p. 470).
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, Moderne Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, June 15, 2002.
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 397, SHG no. 867 (with illu. p. 396).




541
Hermann Max Pechstein
Erlegung des Festbratens, 1911.
Woodcut, colored in red, green and yellow
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,320
Sold:
€ 8,255 / $ 8,915

(incl. surcharge)