The Lord's Prayer, sheet 12 - For Ever and Ever. Amen! (Das Vaterunser - von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen!) / Max Pechstein
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.434
- Title
- The Lord's Prayer, sheet 12 - For Ever and Ever. Amen! (Das Vaterunser - von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen!)
- 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 Inscription in image: von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit Amen!
- 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
- One forearm extends from the upper left side and ends to the right of center in a hand with palm down. Another arm extends from the lower right and ends in the lower left in a hand with palm up. Between the hands is the word "Amen!" in large letters.
- 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, the final, sheet shows two hands in a position to clasp one another, a hopeful symbol of brotherhood and of overcoming Germany's crises.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1024 x 1536
- File Size
- 126 KB
- Record
- 1948/1.434
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.434/1948_1.434.jpg
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"The Lord's Prayer, sheet 12 - For Ever and Ever. Amen! (Das Vaterunser - von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen!); Max Pechstein." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.434/1948_1.434.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
