Three Nudes in the Forest

Prints and Drawings

1911

Max Pechstein
German, 1881–1955

As a member of the Brücke (Bridge) artist’s society Max Pechstein often vacationed with the group in the German countryside. In the summer of 1911, he joined the group in the remote fishing village of Nida (in present-day Lithuania) on the Baltic Sea. Away from the confines of the city Brücke artists celebrated a return to nature by bathing in the nude outdoors. Here, three nude women are depicted in an idyllic setting. Pechstein’s pitched red tent is visible in the background.

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Artist: Max Pechstein
Title: Three Nudes in the Forest
Place: Germany (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1911
Medium: Gouache and black crayon on yellow wove paper
Inscriptions: Signed and dated recto, lower right, in pen and black ink: "Pechstein/1911"; inscribed recto, lower left, in graphite: "57"; verso, lower left, in graphite: "k 56 H"
Dimensions: 43.1 × 55.4 cm (17 × 21 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 2013.998

Suzanne Folds McCullagh (ed.), Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2006), p. 178, cat. 129 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, “Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection,” June 3–July 30, 2006, p. 178, cat. 129 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection,” Mar. 15-June 15, 2014, no cat.

The Burkamp Collection, Rostock [museum inv. k 56 H]; appropriated by the German Democratic Republic and restituted to Burkamp’s heir, 1996; sold, Christie’s, London, Feb. 5, 2004, lot 362, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

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