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![Max Pechstein. Dancer (Pair of Dancers) (Tänzerin [Tänzerpaar]). 1909](../../collection_images/enlarge/51/82651.jpg "zoom")
Max Pechstein (German, 1881–1955)
Dancer (Pair of Dancers) (Tänzerin [Tänzerpaar])
- Date:
- 1909
- Medium:
- Lithograph
- Dimensions:
- composition (irreg.): 21 1/4 x 17" (54 x 43.2 cm); sheet: 23 9/16 x 17" (59.8 x 43.2 cm)
- Paper:
- Yellow, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- The artist, Berlin
- Edition:
- State I: probably one proof; state II: one known proof [this ex.]
- Credit Line:
- The Philip and Lynn Straus Foundation Fund, Scott Sassa Fund, Richard A. Epstein Fund, Miles O. Epstein Fund, Sarah C. Epstein Fund, Nelson Blitz, Jr. with Catherine Woodard and Perri and Allison Blitz, and Frances Keech Fund
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- K. (L)60 II. F. (L) 54.
- MoMA Number:
- 2513.2001
- Themes:
- City Life, Dance & Leisure
- Techniques:
- Lithography
German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
March 27–July 11, 2011
Dance was a popular subject for Brücke artists, who viewed it as an immediate and uninhibited form of expression. Here Pechstein’s scribbled lines and loose brushwork against the acid-yellow paper simulate the hazy, lurid atmosphere and harsh, unnatural lighting of a nightclub.