PECHSTEIN WELTWEIT - Hermann Max Pechstein

PECHSTEIN WORLDWIDE

Max Pechstein’s work is present all over the world today — in museums and collections on four continents, on the art market, in galleries and in research. This page brings together the most important places and institutions where Pechstein’s work is collected, exhibited, researched or traded. It is based on the catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings (Soika) as well as the auction and literature databases.

Museums & Collections — Germany

Zwickau

Kunstsammlungen Zwickau — Max-Pechstein-Museum

The museum in Pechstein’s native city, home to the central Pechstein collection.

Berlin

Nationalgalerie / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Largest institutional holding of oil paintings in the catalogue raisonné.

Dresden

Albertinum / Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Brücke holdings, Galerie Neue Meister.

Halle (Saale)

Kunstmuseum Moritzburg

The Hermann Gerlinger Collection — one of the most important Brücke collections.

Chemnitz

Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz

Focus on Expressionism.

Leipzig

Museum der bildenden Künste (MdbK)

Pechstein holdings, collection of prints and drawings.

Hamburg

Hamburger Kunsthalle

Expressionism.

Hanover

Sprengel Museum

Classical modernism.

Essen

Museum Folkwang

Several paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Cologne

Museum Ludwig

Several paintings, Haubrich Collection.

Darmstadt

Hessisches Landesmuseum

Several paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Ludwigshafen

Wilhelm-Hack-Museum

Several paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Saarbrücken

Saarlandmuseum — Moderne Galerie

Several paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Regensburg

Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie

Several paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Emden

Kunsthalle Emden

The Henri Nannen Collection — German Expressionism, including works by Pechstein.

Museums & Collections — Europe

London · UK

The National Gallery

“Portrait of Charlotte Cuhrt” (1910), acquired in 2023.

Lucerne · Switzerland

Kunstmuseum Luzern

Important Pechstein holdings — seven oil paintings in the catalogue raisonné.

Madrid · Spain

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Five works, including pieces from the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection.

Vienna · Austria

Belvedere

Austrian Gallery, classical modernism.

Vienna · Austria

Albertina

Paintings and extensive holdings of works on paper.

Linz · Austria

Lentos Kunstmuseum

“Unterhaltung” (1919).

Paris · France

Centre Pompidou — Musée National d’Art Moderne

Two paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Amsterdam · Netherlands

Stedelijk Museum

Two paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Rotterdam · Netherlands

Kunsthal Rotterdam

Major Pechstein retrospective (more than 50 paintings).

Prague · Czech Republic

Národní galerie

Two paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Museums & Collections — Overseas

New York · USA

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

More than 80 works online, including “Dancer in the Mirror” (1923) and “Vierhändig” (1908).

Washington D.C. · USA

National Gallery of Art

44 recorded works.

Saint Louis · USA

Saint Louis Art Museum

One of the largest US holdings of Pechstein paintings.

Los Angeles · USA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Several paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Philadelphia · USA

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Two paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Jerusalem · Israel

The Israel Museum

Several paintings documented in the catalogue raisonné.

Itami · Japan

Itami City Museum of Art, History and Culture

Woodcut portfolio “Das Vater Unser” (The Lord’s Prayer, 1921).

Canberra · Australia

National Gallery of Australia

Painting documented in the catalogue raisonné, plus prints.

Further Locations (single paintings each, according to the catalogue raisonné): Staatsgalerie Stuttgart · Kunstpalast Düsseldorf · Museum Ostwall Dortmund · Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach · Osthaus Museum Hagen · Stadtmuseum Berlin · Altonaer Museum Hamburg · Kunsthalle Bremen · Kunsthalle Mannheim · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe · Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal · Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg · Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen · Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg · Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Düren · Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern · Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen · Landesmuseum Oldenburg · Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus Lübeck · Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin · Kunsthaus Zürich · Aargauer Kunsthaus · Kunstmuseum Bern (Expressionismus-Stiftung) · Hilti Art Foundation, Schaan · Kunstmuseum Den Haag · Courtauld Gallery London · New Walk Museum Leicester · Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh · Baltimore Museum of Art · Detroit Institute of Arts · Art Institute of Chicago · Smart Museum Chicago · San Francisco MoMA · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Milwaukee Art Museum · Kalamazoo Institute of Arts · Jordan Schnitzer Museum, Oregon · MASP São Paulo · The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai · Himeji City Museum of Art

Brücke Network

Berlin

Brücke-Museum

Core collection of the artists’ group “Brücke”, including Pechstein; in-house provenance research.

Moritzburg

Brücke-Weg Moritzburg

15 stations at the places where the Brücke artists worked.

Bernried

Buchheim Museum der Phantasie

Important Brücke collection; exhibition “Max Pechstein – Vision and Creation” (2025).

Davos · Switzerland

Kirchner Museum Davos

Museum dedicated to Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Pechstein’s companion in the Brücke.

Seebüll

Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

Home and estate of Emil Nolde, Brücke member 1906–1907.

Hemmenhofen

Erich Heckel Estate

Estate and archive of the Brücke co-founder on Lake Constance.

Auction Houses

Berlin

Grisebach

Market leader for Pechstein — more than 700 lots since 1987, with regular record results.

Munich

Ketterer Kunst

More than 500 Pechstein lots; world-record hammer price of €2.9 million (“Weib mit Inder auf Teppich”, 2011).

London / New York

Sotheby's

Around 400 Pechstein lots; top prices above €2 million.

London / New York

Christie's

Around 350 Pechstein lots; “Abend in der Düne” €2.3 million (2024).

Cologne

Lempertz

More than 300 Pechstein lots; “Selbstbildnis, liegend” €2.5 million (2023).

Berlin

Bassenge

Almost 300 Pechstein lots — the key address for prints, with its own artist index.

Munich

Karl & Faber

Around 200 Pechstein lots, modern art auctions.

Cologne

Van Ham

Modern art, regular Pechstein results.

Bern · Switzerland

Galerie Kornfeld

Long-established house for prints of classical modernism.

Zurich · Switzerland

Koller

Switzerland’s largest auction house, regular Pechstein lots.

London

Bonhams

Expressionism auctions “Germany, Austria and Beyond”; sold “Bildnis Charlotte Cuhrt” in 2022 — now in the National Gallery, London.

Vienna · Austria

Dorotheum

One of the world’s oldest auction houses, classical modernism.

Galleries & Dealers

Wichtrach / Riehen · Switzerland

Galerie Henze & Ketterer

Specialist in the artists of the Brücke.

Düsseldorf

Galerie Ludorff

Classical modernism.

Geneva · Switzerland

Bailly Gallery

Loans to the Kunsthal Rotterdam, among others.

London · UK

Gilden's Art Gallery

German Expressionism; regularly offers works by Pechstein.

Paris · France

Galerie Hélène Bailly

Impressionism to classical modernism.

Historical galleries and auction houses: Time and again, the provenances in the catalogue raisonné feature the great names of the early art trade — first and foremost the Galerie Fritz Gurlitt (Berlin), Pechstein’s most important gallery, which appears in more than 200 work provenances, as well as Paul Cassirer, Alfred Flechtheim, Thannhauser, van Diemen and the Hamburg auction house Hauswedell & Nolte (1927–2015, business records now held at ZADIK, Cologne).

Research & Provenance

Magdeburg

German Lost Art Foundation

Germany’s central institution for provenance research and restitution.

Database

Proveana

Research database of the German Lost Art Foundation with documented Pechstein cases.

Database

Lost Art

Search requests and found-object reports on cultural property confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution.

Los Angeles · USA

Getty Provenance Index

International provenance database including German auction catalogues.

Heidelberg

German Sales (arthistoricum.net)

Digitised German auction catalogues 1901–1945 — including the historical Pechstein auctions.

Berlin

Kalliope Union Catalogue

National register of estates and autographs — Pechstein letters in numerous archives.

Portal

Archivportal-D

Central person page with all archival holdings on Max Pechstein.

Berlin

Archive of the Akademie der Künste

Pechstein was a member of the Prussian Academy from 1922; photographs and documents in the archive.

Berlin

Research Centre “Degenerate Art” (FU Berlin)

Database on the Nazi confiscation campaign of 1937, by which Pechstein was massively affected.

Cologne

ZADIK

Central archive for German and international art market research — holdings include the Hauswedell & Nolte archive.

Bielefeld

BASE — Bielefeld Academic Search Engine

More than 150 scholarly documents on Max Pechstein, many open access.

Worldwide

ArtPrice

Art market database with more than 5,600 documented Pechstein auction results since 1984.