THE COLLECTION
Max Pechstein (German, 1881–1955)
Title page from the pamphlet An alle Künstler! (To All Artists!)
- Date:
- 1919
- Medium:
- Line block reproduction
- Dimensions:
- composition (irreg.): 7 1/2 x 5" (19.1 x 12.7 cm); page: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2" (20 x 14 cm)
- Publisher:
- Werbedienst der deutschen Republik, Berlin
- Printer:
- Kunstanstalt Willi Simon, Berlin
- Credit Line:
- The Museum of Modern Art Library
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Max Pechstein / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
- Reference:
- Raabe 137. Krüger L. 359a.
- MoMA Number:
- 300327486
- Themes:
- Postwar Politics
- Techniques:
- Reproductive processes
German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
March 27–July 11, 2011
Pechstein designed the cover of this pamphlet and wrote an essay for it, a call "to all artists" to participate in Germany's new Socialist government in 1919. He hoped the new republic would establish a productive role for artists.