The Lord's Prayer, sheet 6 - And Forgive Us Our Sins (Das Vaterunser - Und vergieb uns unsre Schuld) / Max Pechstein

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Accession Number
1948/1.428
Title
The Lord's Prayer, sheet 6 - And Forgive Us Our Sins (Das Vaterunser - Und vergieb uns unsre Schuld)
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 vergieb Unsre Schuld
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 group of seven men kneel and pray around a radiant figure representing God. God is in the viewer's upper left, and the supplicants are arranged around him. Hands project into the scene from behind God, suggesting additional figures kneeling in prayer behind.
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 in hope and fear for forgiveness from a radiant, powerful, and formidable God.
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961 x 1389
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1948/1.428
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"The Lord's Prayer, sheet 6 - And Forgive Us Our Sins (Das Vaterunser - Und vergieb uns unsre Schuld); Max Pechstein." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.428/1948_1.428.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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