Woodcut.
Fechter H 142. Krüger H 206. Signed. On heavy copper plate printing paper. 35.7 x 23.6 cm. Sheet: 61 x 48,3 cm.
From the series "Holzschnitte 1919", published as 13th work of the Gurlitt-Presse in a total edition of 95 copies by Verlag Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin 1919. There are two de-luxe editions of 5 copies each and a standard edition of 75 copies. Apart from the edition, single prints and hand-colored copies (cf. Krüger H 200-211) are also known. [AR].
- Remarkable graphic document of expressionist motif and form. - Pechstein fully focusses on the head and does without the shoulders of the depicted person. - The work shows the astronomer and musician Dr. Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, whom the artist portrayed several times.
LITERATURE: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 401, SHG no. 876 (fig.).