Max Pechstein (German, 1881–1955)

Head of a Sailor (Fisherman's Head) (Kopf eines Seemannes [Fischerkopf]) from the portfolio Dedicated to Arno Holz on his 60th Birthday by German Artists (Arno Holz zum sechzigsten Geburtstage, gewidmet von deutschen Künstlern)

Date:

1922

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 15 13/16 x 11 3/4" (40.1 x 29.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 3/8 x 13 7/16" (41.6 x 34.1 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove Japan.

Publisher:

Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin

Printer:

unknown

Edition:

100; plus 38 for the contributing artists and the publisher; unknown number of proofs outside the edition

Credit Line:

Gift of Samuel A. Berger

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Reference:

K. (H)269. Not in F. Rifkind 2261. Söhn 310-19.

MoMA Number:

407.1954

Themes:

Primitivism

Techniques:

Woodcut