2024
Pechstein, Hermann Max
1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin.
«Frauenkopf (Lotte) (woman's head Lotte)».
India ink on thin, brownish paper. Monogrammed lower right and dated 1910.
Comes with original backing paper, signed and inscribed here by Martha Pechstein, the second wife of the artist, «Frauenkopf von Pechstein (woman's head by Pechstein)».
H 32, W 24 cm (sheet). Framed.
The woman's head is a portrait of Max Pechstein's first wife Lotte. They met in Georg Kolbe's (1877 - 1947) sculptor studio in Berlin in the winter of 1908 while she was his model. In the spring of 1911 they married and Lotte Kaprolat (1893 - 1965) remained Pechstein's most favourited model until 1920.
Photo expert report: Julia Pechstein, Max Pechstein Urheberrechtsgemeinschaft, Hamburg, 07.07.2022.
Provenance: private collection Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.
Archive: The present work is listed in the documentation of the Max Pechstein Urheberrechtsgemeinschaft, Hamburg, under the title «Frauenkopf (Lotte) (woman's head Lotte)».

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