The Lord's Prayer, sheet 8 - And Lead Us Not into Temptation (Das Vaterunser - Und führe uns nicht in Versuchung) / Max Pechstein

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Accession Number
1948/1.430
Title
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 8 - And Lead Us Not into Temptation (Das Vaterunser - Und führe uns nicht in Versuchung)
Artist
Max Pechstein
Artist Nationality
German
Artist Life Dates
1881 - 1955
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
Style/Group/Movement
Expressionist
Inscription
Signed: HMPechstein Inscription in image: und Führe uns nicht in Versuchung
Dimensions
59.7 cm x 41.3 cm (23 1/2 in. x 16 1/4 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Physical Description
A nude man and woman at center struggle with one another; a snake and a seated figure are visible in the background. The two central figures with intertwined limbs suggesting a struggle are positioned above a sharp-toothed mammal resembling a fox.
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 shows a man and woman, meant to represent Adam and Eve, struggling with one another, a visual metaphor suggesting bodily temptation, while menaced by a snake, a fox, and a figure that is executed to look like a mythical figure from a non-western culture.
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973 x 1403
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1948/1.430
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"The Lord's Prayer, sheet 8 - And Lead Us Not into Temptation (Das Vaterunser - Und führe uns nicht in Versuchung); Max Pechstein." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.430/1948_1.430.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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