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MAX PECHSTEIN Group of 4 illustrated letters of Palau scenes.
Each pen and ink on four sheets of paper, 1917. 276x210 mm; 10 7/8x8 1/4 inches (two sheets folded). Each sheet signed and dated in ink. With an original mailing envelope.
Provenance: Horst Karl Lilienfeld, Leipzig; private collection, New York.
After returning from the Western Front of World War I, Pechstein (1881-1955) began work on his "Palau" paintings, inspired by his travels to the South Seas and the former German colony of Palau. These letters with extensive drawings of Palau scenes, were sent to the art historian and gallerist Horst Karl Lilienfeld (1885-1966), who would in 1932 mount Pechstein's first solo exhibition in the United States, at the Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York.
