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Property of the heir of Robert Graetz, following restitution in 2026

Max Pechstein

Blumenstrauß (Flower Bouquet)

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June 25, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 GBP

Bid

70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Max Pechstein

1881 - 1955


Blumenstrauß (Flower Bouquet)

signed HMPechstein and dated 1918 (lower right); titled (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

117.8 by 90.3 cm. 46⅜ by 35½ in.

framed: 138.7 by 112.6 cm. 54 ⅝ by 44⅜ in.

Executed in 1918.

National Galerie Berlin (acquired from the artist on 1 June 1918 and until 1925 when returned to the artist)

Hugo Graetz, Berlin (acquired from the artist in March 1925)

Robert Graetz, Berlin (acquired from the above by 1928 and until circa 1941-42)

Private Collection, Germany (acquired circa 1941-42)

Private Collection, Germany (acquired by descent from the above)

Restituted to the heir of Robert Graetz in 2026

Berlin, Hof-Kunsthandlung Fritz Gurlitt, Max Pechstein, Teil I: Bildnisse, Landschaften, Stilleben, 1918, no. 30 (titled Blumenvase)

(possibly) Hagen, 1919 (in Pechstein's letter to Ludwig Justi)

Berlin, Kronprinzenpalais, Max Pechstein, 40 Bilder eines Sommers, 1921

Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Kronprinzenpalais, Ausstellung neuerer Deutscher Kunst aus Berliner Privatbesitz, 1928, no. 170, p. 47 (titled Calla, Goldregen und Schwertlilien)

Verzeichnis der Gemälde und Bildwerke in der National-Galerie zu Berlin, Berlin, 1923, no. 1344, p. 85 (titled Goldregen, Calla und Iris and with incorrect dimensions)

Friedrich Haack, Die Kunst des XIX. Jahrhunderts und der Gegenwart, vol. II, Stuttgart, 1925, no. 308, pp. 380-381, illustrated (titled Blumenstück)

Verzeichnis der Gemälde und Bildwerke in der National-Galerie zu Berlin, 1928, no. 1344, pp. 104 and 190 (titled Goldregen, Calla und Iris)

Franz Roh, “Entartete” Kunst. Kunstbarbarei im dritten Reich, Hannover, 1962, p. 140 (titled Goldregen, Calla und Iris)

Aya Soika, Max Pechstein: Das Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, 1905-1918, vol. I, Munich, 2011, no. 1918/8, p. 586, illustrated in colour