Sold for $8,750

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Lot Description

Max Pechstein

(German, 1881-1955)

Fischer mit blauer Mütze und Pfeife (Fisherman with blue cap and pipe)

, 1912

India ink and watercolor on postcard

signed Max Pechstein and inscribed (verso)

5 ½ x 4 ½ inches.

This lot is accompanied by a photo certificate issued by Alexander Pechstein.

The postcard is addressed to the collector Dr. Otto Fischer of Munich. Pechstein cut the postcard himself and drew the boldly outlined fisherman on one side. On the other, he wrote:

Dear Dr. O. Fischer,
at this time I was at the sea for
work and now I am going back to
Berlin. With kind
regards Yours M. Pechstein
(translated from the German)

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