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BIRTH OF THE MODERN: THE ARNOLD AND JOAN SALTZMAN COLLECTION
HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)
Sonnenblumen
Details
HERMANN MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)
Sonnenblumen
signed and dated 'M. Pechstein 1912' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 7⁄8 x 28 in. (81 x 71 cm.)
Painted in 1912
Sonnenblumen
signed and dated 'M. Pechstein 1912' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 7⁄8 x 28 in. (81 x 71 cm.)
Painted in 1912
Provenance
Herrmann collection, London.
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Dusseldorf (acquired from the above, 1964); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 18 November 1964, lot 96.
Alan Auslander Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles, 8 May 1972, lot 38.
Arnold Saltzmann, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 14 May 1980, lot 233.
Private collection, Rye (acquired at the above sale, until at least 2004).
Anon. sale, Villa Grisebach GmbH, Berlin, 30 November 2007, lot 39.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Dusseldorf (acquired from the above, 1964); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 18 November 1964, lot 96.
Alan Auslander Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles, 8 May 1972, lot 38.
Arnold Saltzmann, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 14 May 1980, lot 233.
Private collection, Rye (acquired at the above sale, until at least 2004).
Anon. sale, Villa Grisebach GmbH, Berlin, 30 November 2007, lot 39.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
A. Soika, Max Pechstein: das Werkverzeichnis der Olgemalde, 1905-1908, Munich, 2011, vol. I, p. 373, no. 1912⁄5 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
(possibly) New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Master of German Expressionism, 1977.
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island Collections, January-March 2009.
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island Collections, January-March 2009.
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