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Auction house Ketterer Kunst in Munich announces sale of Modern and Post-War Art

MUNICH.- “It is a real sensation for the German art market. Works of such a remarkable nature are usually auctioned in London and New York”, said Robert Ketterer about Hermann Max Pechstein’s masterpiece with painting on both sides, which will be called up in the Munich auction on 10 December. In general, the range of offerings from Expressionism to Contemporary art is equally impressive. This section is led by Hermann Max Pechstein’s work “Weib mit Inder auf Teppich” and “Früchte II” respectively, as it is painted on both sides. The estimate is at € 800.000-1.200.000. While the signed side with the still life references Cézanne and Matisse – indicating the artist’s mastery in terms of composition and a stringent color expression – the nude captivates the observer with a sensual eroticism; an effect that is amplified by the expressive color value and the coarse painting technique. The primal directness of indigenous peoples by wh