BR50.458: Four Jews

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR50.458

People

Max Pechstein, German (Eckersbach, near Zwickau, Germany 1881 - 1955 West Berlin, Germany)

Title

Four Jews

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1910

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/225186

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and crayon on off-white wove postcard

Dimensions

9.1 x 14.1 cm (3 9/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in black ink at l.r.: HMP '10
• inscription: on verso at r., black ink, handwritten, German: Maler / M. Pechstein / Wilmersdorf Berlin (underlined) / Durlacherstr. 14[...]
• stamp: on verso at u.r., ink, German: ZWI[...] (SACHSEN)
  [Postage cancellation stamp. Only partially visible. The partially legible city name probaby read "ZWICKAU"]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lessing Rosenwald

Copyright

© Max Pechstein / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Accession Year

1950

Object Number

BR50.458

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Watercolor and crayon drawing on the recto of printed postcard form.

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