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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR51.266
People
Max Pechstein, German (Eckersbach, near Zwickau, Germany 1881 - 1955 West Berlin, Germany)
Title
Fishing Boats
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1919
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/225138

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and black ink on cream wove paper, mounted to white card
Dimensions
57.1 x 46.7 cm (22 1/2 x 18 3/8 in.)
mount: 58 x 48.7 cm (22 13/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at u.l.: HMPechstein 1919

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Max Pechstein / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
BR51.266
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Charles Werner Haxthausen, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1980), p. 130, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • German Art of the Twenties, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/1981 - 04/11/1981
  • 19th- and 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/08/1982
  • Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982

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