The Lord's Prayer, sheet 9 - But Deliver Us from Evil (Das Vaterunser - Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel) / Max Pechstein
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.431
- Title
- The Lord's Prayer, sheet 9 - But Deliver Us from Evil (Das Vaterunser - Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel)
- 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
- Style/Group/Movement
- Expressionist
- Inscription
- Signed: HMPechstein Sondern erlöse uns von dem öbel
- 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
- At viewer's left, two reclining figures lie side-by-side in a bed, covered by a sheet up to their chins. At the foot of the bed at the viewer's right, a man sits with his eyes closed and his hands on his head. To the viewer's left, in the foreground , a woman sits, crying, wiping her eyes with the back of her left hand.
- 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 sufferring and despair experienced by many Germans in the aftermath of the First World War and the economic crisis that followed.
- This sheet depicts a scene of death and grief.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 951 x 1397
- File Size
- 137 KB
- Record
- 1948/1.431
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"The Lord's Prayer, sheet 9 - But Deliver Us from Evil (Das Vaterunser - Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel); Max Pechstein." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.431/1948_1.431.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
