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Max Pechstein

Max Pechstein

1881–1955

PaintingExpressionismFauvism

Representation

None documented

24

Institutional Exhibitions

111

Works in Collection

200

Assets Indexed

5

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Movements

• Expressionism
• Fauvism

Related Artists

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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The Modern Poster

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Drawings Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

About

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Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (111)

Two Fishermen with Net (Zwei Fischer mit Netz)

Two Fishermen with Net (Zwei Fischer mit Netz)

1923 · Woodcut

Composition: 12 1/2 x 15 11/16" (31.8 x 39.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 1/2 x 23 5/8" (49.5 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sailboats near the Coast (Segelboote vor der Küste)

Sailboats near the Coast (Segelboote vor der Küste)

1923 · Etching, drypoint, and aquatint

plate: 12 15/16 x 15 9/16" (32.9 x 39.6 cm); sheet: 18 3/8 x 24 7/16" (46.6 x 62 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dancer in the Mirror ( Tänzerin im Spiegel )

Dancer in the Mirror ( Tänzerin im Spiegel )

1923 · Woodcut

composition: 19 7/16 x 15 3/4" (49.4 x 40 cm); sheet (irreg.): 31 11/16 x 22 13/16" (80.5 x 58 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 10) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Plate (facing page 10) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (23.9 x 18 cm); page: 13 7/16 x 11 5/16" (34.1 x 28.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 8) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Plate (facing page 8) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (23.9 x 18 cm); page: 13 3/8 x 11" (34 x 28 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Frontispiece from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (24 x 17.9 cm); page: 13 3/8 x 10 7/8" (34 x 27.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ornamental initial E (page 1) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Ornamental initial E (page 1) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

composition (irreg.): 4 1/16 x 6 3/16" (10.3 x 15.7 cm); page: 13 3/4 x 10 7/8" (35 x 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings, and one lithograph

page (each approx.): 13 3/4 x 11 1/4" (35 x 28.5 cm); overall: 14 3/16 x 11 13/16 x 7/8" (36 x 30 x 2.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Zittend naakt meisje op een gekleurd gestreepte mat (1910)

Rijksmuseum

Mother and Child (recto) (1919)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Women Bathing (1912)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Fisherman (1922)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Related artists

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Oskar Kokoschka

Shared movement

Alexej von Jawlensky

Alexej von Jawlensky

Shared movement

Shared movement

Shared movement

Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley

Shared movement

Shared movement

Adolph Gottlieb

Adolph Gottlieb

Richard Artschwager

Richard Artschwager

Record

Movements and affiliations

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

20 lots · 2016–2026

Market

Auction History

Range: $18,900 – $190,500

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Tree on Water	Christie's	Mar 2026	£25,000 – £35,000	£76,200
Sonnenblumen	Christie's	Nov 2025	$120,000 – $180,000	$190,500
Toilette	Christie's	Oct 2024	£120,000 – £180,000	Unsold
Netzwäscher	Christie's	Oct 2024	£50,000 – £80,000	Unsold
Landschaft (Häuser in D ünen)	Christie's	Oct 2024	£40,000 – £60,000	Unsold
Akt III, sitzend von vorne (Marta)	Christie's	May 2024	$30,000 – $50,000	$30,240
Beim Tanz 1 (Tanzparty 1)	Christie's	Nov 2023	$60,000 – $80,000	$69,300
Kleiner Dampfer	Christie's	Nov 2023	$25,000 – $35,000	$25,200
Rettungshaus in den Dünen	Christie's	May 2023	$30,000 – $50,000	$30,240
Lesende dame	Christie's	May 2023	$12,000 – $18,000	$26,460

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