A centrally positioned young woman can be seen framing her head, which is tilted to the side, with her arms. She ties back her dark hair with her midnight blue scarf, which she lets fall over her shoulder. Her face is free, her eyelids are lowered and emphasizing her lips. Pechstein again wore his typical for color palette with a coarse brush on. Until on the brown-reddish stripe on the right side of the picture, the foreground and background of the picture with blue-greenish and ocher tones almost merge. But he succeeds by moving Duktus thereby on the one hand the animation of his model, on the other hand the melancholy atmosphere of the picture on transfers the viewer and pulls this in his spell.
Who could be the beautiful stranger portrayed by Max Pechstein in his object created in 1910? Is it about "Lotte" (Charlotte) Kaprolat (1893-1955), whom Pechstein met in 1908 in the studio of his artist colleague Georg Kolbe and later married? Temporally, it would fit, since Lotte is frequently found in his oeuvre in the years 1909-1920 as his most popular model. it would be a early work at the beginning of the love affair. Furthermore, it also fits to the oil painting Schwermuth, 1910/71 and already included in catalogue of works . The corresponding image of the sketch of a postcard to Curt Glaser from 1912 also corresponds to the woodcut Schwermuth from 1912, which can be found in the catalogue of works of Günter Krüger (under the WVZ number H 158).
As you can see, art historical work is to a large extent also detective work. We are very pleased to be able to offer you this excellent artistic achievement of Pechstein after extensive examination.
Max Pechstein, 'Schwermuth', 1910, oil on canvas 66 x 67cm (monogrammed, dated, signed on verso, titled)
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