The Lord's Prayer, sheet 5 - Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread (Das Vaterunser - Unser täglich Brot gieb uns heute) / Max Pechstein
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- Accession Number
- 1948/1.427
- Title
- The Lord's Prayer, sheet 5 - Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread (Das Vaterunser - Unser täglich Brot gieb uns heute)
- Artist
- Max Pechstein
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1881 - 1955
- Medium and Support
- woodcut with hand-coloring on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1921
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Signed: HMPechstein Unser täglich Brot gieb uns heute
- Dimensions
- 59.7 cm x 41.3 cm (23 1/2 in. x 16 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- Four men in plain, dark clothing sit, with hands folded in prayer, around a rectangular table, in the center of which is a fish on an oval platter. The man at the far end has his eyes closed. The other three raise their faces to heaven.
- Subject Matter
- Pechstein's "The Lord's Prayer" series of woodcuts mixes the text of the prayer with images of human wretchedness and spiritual need that draw on the Christian tradition to comment directly on the suffering and despair experienced by many Germans in the aftermath of the First World War and the economic crisis that followed.
- This sheet depicts men praying before their meager meal. Their poses and expressions suggest thankfulness paired with a sense of desperatation.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 963 x 1437
- File Size
- 147 KB
- Record
- 1948/1.427
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"The Lord's Prayer, sheet 5 - Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread (Das Vaterunser - Unser täglich Brot gieb uns heute); Max Pechstein." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.427/1948_1.427.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
