Sale 6884
London
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5 February 2004
Price realised
GBP 11,950
Estimate
Hermann Max Pechstein (1881-1955) Vier Männer im Ruderboot signed with the initials and dated 'HMP 1920' (lower right) charcoal and wash on paper 10½ x 14½ in. (26.9 x 36.9 cm.) Executed in 1920
Provenance
The Piccadilly Gallery, London. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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The present work belongs to a group of drawings executed by Pechstein in 1920 as Fischerleben in Nidden.
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