Lot 124
  • 124

Hermann Max Pechstein

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Hermann Max Pechstein
  • ROTE HÄUSER (RED HOUSES)
  • signed HMPechstein, dated 1922 (lower left) and titled (lower right)
  • watercolour over pencil on card
  • 48.5 by 64.3cm., 19 1/8 by 25 3/8 in.

Provenance

Oskar Federer, Ostrava (acquired before 1939)
Seized by the Nazis in 1939
Galerie Vytvarného Umenì, Ostrava (by November 1943)
Restituted to the heirs of Oskar Federer in 2007 

Condition

Executed on paper, laid down on card. There are some areas of paper skinning running along the extreme top edge with associated paper losses, not visible when framed. There is a faint 10cm. scratch line to the centre left. Apart from some tiny areas of foxing, mainly to the sky, this work is in good condition. Colours: Fairly accurate, the colours are brighter in the original.
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