Self-Portrait with Pipe
- Depicted
- Max Pechstein, German, 1881–1955
- Date
- 1921
- Material
- Woodcut
- made in
- Berlin, Berlin state, Germany, Europe
- Classification
- Prints
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- block: 13 7/16 x 11 1/8 in. (34.2 x 28.2 cm)
sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 5/16 in. (41.4 x 31.2 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Gene Spector
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 37:1981
NOTES
Max Pechstein was one of Germany’s most celebrated modern artists in the year he made this woodcut. That self assurance radiates from his relaxed expression and the bold contrast of lights and darks, a dramatic effect he achieved without a preparatory sketch.
It was and still is fundamental: to begin the work with the same tools with which it will be ended, without making a preliminary drawing on the wood, stone, or metal. Sketches and drawings done in advance clarify the intention, and with it ready in the head, the requisite tool realizes the idea. —Max Pechstein
It was and still is fundamental: to begin the work with the same tools with which it will be ended, without making a preliminary drawing on the wood, stone, or metal. Sketches and drawings done in advance clarify the intention, and with it ready in the head, the requisite tool realizes the idea. —Max Pechstein
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