Lot Essay
Max Pechstein painted this watercolor while on his honeymoon in Italy in 1911. Fiumicino was a small fishing town he visited just outside of Rome.
Fiumicino
Details
Max Pechstein (1881-1955)
Fiumicino
signed with initials, dated and titled bottom right 'HMP 1911 Fiumicino'
watercolor, colored wax crayons and charcoal on paper
16 1/8 x 21¼in. (41 x 54cm.)
Drawn in 1911
Fiumicino
signed with initials, dated and titled bottom right 'HMP 1911 Fiumicino'
watercolor, colored wax crayons and charcoal on paper
16 1/8 x 21¼in. (41 x 54cm.)
Drawn in 1911
Provenance
Kurt Rice, Mount Kisco, New York (acquired from the artist, 1911); sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Feb. 11, 1971, lot 94 (acquired by the present owner)