WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture

Artists›Max Pechstein

Max Pechstein

Max Pechstein

1881–1955

WA-00019354

PaintingExpressionismFauvism

Representation

None documented

24

Institutional Exhibitions

111

Works in Collection

200

Assets Indexed

5

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ162105

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

View all exhibitions →

No image

Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

No image

The Modern Poster

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

No image

Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

No image

Drawings Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

No image

Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

No image

The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

No image

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

No image

Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

No image

The "Wild Beasts": Fauvism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

No image

Recent Acquisitions, 1968�1973

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

No image

The Artist as His Subject

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationWikidata· 80%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/max-pechstein
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4533
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Max Pechstein yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (111)

Two Fishermen with Net (Zwei Fischer mit Netz)

Two Fishermen with Net (Zwei Fischer mit Netz)

1923 · Woodcut

Composition: 12 1/2 x 15 11/16" (31.8 x 39.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 1/2 x 23 5/8" (49.5 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sailboats near the Coast (Segelboote vor der Küste)

Sailboats near the Coast (Segelboote vor der Küste)

1923 · Etching, drypoint, and aquatint

plate: 12 15/16 x 15 9/16" (32.9 x 39.6 cm); sheet: 18 3/8 x 24 7/16" (46.6 x 62 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dancer in the Mirror ( Tänzerin im Spiegel )

Dancer in the Mirror ( Tänzerin im Spiegel )

1923 · Woodcut

composition: 19 7/16 x 15 3/4" (49.4 x 40 cm); sheet (irreg.): 31 11/16 x 22 13/16" (80.5 x 58 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ornamental initial E (page 1) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Ornamental initial E (page 1) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

composition (irreg.): 4 1/16 x 6 3/16" (10.3 x 15.7 cm); page: 13 3/4 x 10 7/8" (35 x 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 10) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Plate (facing page 10) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (23.9 x 18 cm); page: 13 7/16 x 11 5/16" (34.1 x 28.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 26) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Plate (facing page 26) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etching and one lithograph

plate: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (23.9 x 17.9 cm); page: 13 3/8 x 11 5/16" (34 x 28.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings, and one lithograph

page (each approx.): 13 3/4 x 11 1/4" (35 x 28.5 cm); overall: 14 3/16 x 11 13/16 x 7/8" (36 x 30 x 2.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 20) from Yali und sein weisses Weib

Plate (facing page 20) from Yali und sein weisses Weib

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (23.9 x 18 cm); page: 13 3/8 x 11 1/4" (34 x 28.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 14) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Plate (facing page 14) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 5/16 x 7 1/16" (23.7 x 17.9 cm); page: 13 5/16 x 11 1/4" (33.8 x 28.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Frontispiece from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (24 x 17.9 cm); page: 13 3/8 x 10 7/8" (34 x 27.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 8) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Plate (facing page 8) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (23.9 x 18 cm); page: 13 3/8 x 11" (34 x 28 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 16) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Plate (facing page 16) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 3/8 x 7 1/16" (23.8 x 18 cm); page: 13 3/8 x 11 1/8" (34 x 28.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (facing page 12) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

Plate (facing page 12) from Yali und sein weisses Weib (Yali and His White Wife)

1923 · Drypoint and etching from an illustrated book with eight drypoint and etchings and one lithograph

plate: 9 3/8 x 7 1/16" (23.8 x 18 cm); page: 13 3/8 x 11 1/4" (34 x 28.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

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)

1922 · Woodcut

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Head of a Fisherman

Head of a Fisherman

1922 · woodcut

Cleveland Museum of Art

Our Father / which art / in heaven (Vaterunser / Der Du bist / im Himmel) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

Our Father / which art / in heaven (Vaterunser / Der Du bist / im Himmel) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

1921 · Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover

composition: 15 11/16 x 11 3/4" (39.8 x 29.8 cm); sheet: 23 3/8 x 16 3/16" (59.4 x 41.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

And / lead / us not / into temptation (und führe / uns nicht / in Versuchung) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

And / lead / us not / into temptation (und führe / uns nicht / in Versuchung) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

1921 · Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover

composition: 15 11/16 x 11 5/8" (39.8 x 29.6 cm); sheet: 23 3/8 x 16 1/8" (59.4 x 41 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Title Page (Titelblatt) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

Title Page (Titelblatt) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

1921 · Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover

composition: 15 5/8 x 11 5/8" (39.7 x 29.6 cm); sheet: 23 3/8 x 16 1/4" (59.3 x 41.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

And forgive / us / our debts (und vergieb / uns / Unsre Schuld) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

And forgive / us / our debts (und vergieb / uns / Unsre Schuld) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

1921 · Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover

composition: 15 5/8 x 11 5/8" (39.7 x 29.6 cm); sheet: 23 5/16 x 16 5/16" (59.2 x 41.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

And the power / and / the glory (Und die Kraft / und / die Herrlichkeit) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

And the power / and / the glory (Und die Kraft / und / die Herrlichkeit) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

1921 · Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover

composition: 15 5/8 x 11 5/8" (39.7 x 29.6 cm); sheet: 23 3/8 x 16 3/16" (59.4 x 41.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

But deliver us from evil (Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

But deliver us from evil (Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

1921 · Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover

composition: 15 11/16 x 11 11/16" (39.8 x 29.7 cm); sheet: 23 3/8 x 16 1/4" (59.4 x 41.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

As we forgive / our / debtors (Wie wir vergeben / unsern / Schuldigern) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

As we forgive / our / debtors (Wie wir vergeben / unsern / Schuldigern) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

1921 · Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover

composition: 15 5/8 x 11 5/8" (39.7 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 23 7/16 x 16 5/16" (59.5 x 41.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

For Thine / is the kingdom (Denn Dein / ist das Reich) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

For Thine / is the kingdom (Denn Dein / ist das Reich) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

1921 · Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover

composition: 15 5/8 x 11 5/8" (39.7 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 23 1/2 x 16 1/8" (59.7 x 41 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

For ever / and ever / Amen (Von Ewigkeit / zu Ewigkeit / Amen) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

For ever / and ever / Amen (Von Ewigkeit / zu Ewigkeit / Amen) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)

1921 · Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover

composition: 15 5/8 x 11 5/8" (39.7 x 29.6 cm); sheet: 23 5/16 x 16 1/8" (59.2 x 41 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

View all 111 artworks →

Artwork sources (4)

111 published of 188 catalogued · 184 with image

MoMA
77 publishedof 154 catalogued154 img
Art Institute Chicago
26 published26 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published3 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Zittend naakt meisje op een gekleurd gestreepte mat
1910 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Women Bathing
1912 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Renunciation (Entsagung)
1908 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mother and Child (recto)
1919 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bathers (verso)
1919 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Zittend naakt meisje op een gekleurd gestreepte mat (1910)

Rijksmuseum

Mother and Child (recto) (1919)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Women Bathing (1912)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Fisherman (1922)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Relationships

7

Movements2

Expressionism Fauvism

Collections5

Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

20 lots · 2016–2026

Market

Auction History

Range: $18,900 – $190,500

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Tree on Water	Christie's	Mar 2026	£25,000 – £35,000	£76,200
Sonnenblumen	Christie's	Nov 2025	$120,000 – $180,000	$190,500
Toilette	Christie's	Oct 2024	£120,000 – £180,000	Unsold
Netzwäscher	Christie's	Oct 2024	£50,000 – £80,000	Unsold
Landschaft (Häuser in D ünen)	Christie's	Oct 2024	£40,000 – £60,000	Unsold
Akt III, sitzend von vorne (Marta)	Christie's	May 2024	$30,000 – $50,000	$30,240
Beim Tanz 1 (Tanzparty 1)	Christie's	Nov 2023	$60,000 – $80,000	$69,300
Kleiner Dampfer	Christie's	Nov 2023	$25,000 – $35,000	$25,200
Rettungshaus in den Dünen	Christie's	May 2023	$30,000 – $50,000	$30,240
Lesende dame	Christie's	May 2023	$12,000 – $18,000	$26,460

Showing 10 of 20 results