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Hermann Max Pechstein (1881-1955)
Monterosso al Mare
Details
Hermann Max Pechstein (1881-1955)
Monterosso al Mare
signed with the initials and dated 'HMP 1913' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 1/8 x 37½ in. (99.3 x 95.2 cm.)
Painted in 1913
Provenance
Alexander Koch, Darmstadt, by circa 1914.
Hermann Trick, Heidelberg, until 1952.
Private collection, South Germany, from 1952; sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 4 December 2001, lot 44.
Anonymous sale, Nagel, Stuttgart, 18 October 2002, lot 582.
Literature
W. Heymann, Max Pechstein, Munich, 1916, pp. 24-25 (illustrated).
A. Koch, Das Haus eines Kunstfreundes. Architektur, Innenräume, Gemälde-Plastiken, Darmstadt, 1926, p. 116 (illustrated).
Special notice
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Lot Essay
Max Pechstein has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.