Entering the Village, 1919

  • Max Pechstein, German, 1881-1955

Woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Image: 12 7/8 × 16 1/8 inches (32.7 × 41 cm) Sheet: 18 1/4 × 24 1/2 inches (46.4 × 62.2 cm)
  • 24 1/16 × 30 1/16 × 1 inches (61.1 × 76.4 × 2.5 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

30.80

Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: H M Pechstein 1919

Watermark: [rearing beast, cursive initials below]

Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 13/75 Inscribed, upper left corner: 2 Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: R22957

(Ernst Arnold Galerie, Dresden, Germany)

1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

"Family Art Game." Detroit Free Press, DIA Advertising Supplement. (April 26, 1981): p. 26 (ill.). Fechter, Paul. Das Graphische Werk Max Pechsteins. Berlin, 1921.

Max Pechstein, Entering the Village, 1919, woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.80.