The Lord's Prayer, sheet 1 (Das Vaterunser) / Max Pechstein
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1948/1.423
- Title
- The Lord's Prayer, sheet 1 (Das Vaterunser)
- 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: Das Vater Unser. Holzschnitte von HM Pechstein
- 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
- This title sheet from Pechstein's "The Lord's Prayer" portfolio has the title of the series in large letters and an attribution to Pechstein at the bottom. Beneath the word "Vater," a man leans over a table, his hands folded in prayer. Two other praying men in profile bracket the word "Unser" near the bottom. All three wear plain, long-sleeved blue shirts.
- 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.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 975 x 1435
- File Size
- 136 KB
- Record
- 1948/1.423
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.423/1948_1.423.jpg
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"The Lord's Prayer, sheet 1 (Das Vaterunser); Max Pechstein." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.423/1948_1.423.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.