Page 15 - Swann Galleries - Modernist Posters - Sale 2314 - May 13, 2013

MAX PECHSTEIN (1881-1955)
8 ● HM PECHSTEIN UND RUDOLF BELLING BUCH III DER GALERIE GOYERT,
KÖLN. 1921.
131/4x8 inches, 333/4x201/4 cm.
Condition B+ / B: sharp horizontal fold in bottom margin; light vertical and horizontal folds; abrasions
and staining at edges. Paper.
An expressionist painter and prodigious printmaker, Pechstein studied in Dresden and joined the
newly-formed Die Brucke in 1906 at the invitation of Erich Heckel. He also did some interior design
and stained glass work. In February, 1921, Pechstein exhibited over 40 of his paintings at Galerie
Goyert in Cologne. Although sometimes referred to as a poster, this woodblock was likely printed as
the cover of the catalogue for the exhibition, which would have been in conjunction with sculptures
by Rudolph Belling. One of two variants, the second with all of the text at the bottom fully below the
image. Pechstein H 234. [1,000/1,500]
BERNHARD KRETZSCHMAR (1889-1972)
9 ● AUSSTELLUNG ILLUSTRIERTER ZEIT SCHRIFTEN. 1919.
261/2x20 1/2 inches, 67 1/4 x52 cm.
Condition B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image. Hand-signed by the artist in pencil.
Kretschmar was a painter who went through several prominent artistic phases. He began as an
Expressionist, but in 1920, he destroyed all of his work and moved on to New Objectivity. In the
1930s, he was listed as an “entartete” artist by the Nazi regime, and as a result, most of his paintings
were destroyed during the bombing of Dresden. After the war he became a professor at the Dresden
Academy of Arts, during which time he continued to paint. This is one of two posters produced by
the artist for this exhibition on illustrated magazines of the day, each accomplished in a light
expressionist manner. LACMA M.2003.115.2. [2,000/3,000]
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