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
- 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: 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
- 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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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 973 x 1403
- File Size
- 168 KB
- Record
- 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 May 04, 2024.