Lot 222
222
MAX PECHSTEIN

Details
MAX PECHSTEIN

Erlegung des Festbratens, title page of Der Sturm no. 93, Berlin, 1912 (Krüger H131)

woodcut with hand-coloring, 1911, on wove paper, the colors very fresh, signed and dated in pencil, numbered '57', from the edition of 100, printed as the title page of Der Sturm, in-texte, together with the 8 pages of text as issued, the full sheets, pale light-staining, the top and bottom margin edges folded back, otherwise generally in very good condition
L. 9 x 10 1/4in. (228 x 260mm.)
Provenance
Dr. H. Stinnes (L. Supp. 1376a)

Lot Essay

Erlegung des Festbratens was Pechstein's first illustration for Der Sturm. As with many Expressionist prints, very few impressions of this subject seem to have survived. The use of the woodcut within a periodical may also have added to its rarity. Kruger records ten impressions in public collections.