Der Tanz (Tanzende und Badende am Waldteich). 1912.
Lithograph, colored by hand.
Signed, dated and numbered. From an edition of 100 copies. On brownish wove paper. 43.2 x 32.5 cm (17 x 12.7 in). 53,7 x 40 cm (21,1 x 15,7 in).
[KT].
• The lithograph is one of three sheets that Pechstein contributed to the Brücke's seventh annual portfolio in 1912.
• Other copies are in the Brücke Museum, Berlin, the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, the Kunsthalle Hamburg and the Städel Museum, Frankfurt.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 1984).

EXHIBITION: Der Akt - Von Degas bis zur Gegenwart, Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin, 1984, no. 136.
Brücke und die Lebensreform, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, July 2 - October 9, 2016, cat. no. 45, p. 83 (full-page colro illu.) and p. 189.

LITERATURE: Günter Krüger, Das druckgraphische Werk Max Pechsteins, ed. by Max Pechstein Archive, Hamburg, Tökendorf 1988, no. L 149.

In good condition. The edges of the sheet are barely noticeably discolored, with a tiny tear in the lower right corner and a small tear in the upper right corner. The margins are slightly creased outside of the image and with a barely visible crease in the upper right corner.