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AdmittedMax Pechstein · 1921
You're looking at And / lead / us not / into temptation (und führe / uns nicht / in Versuchung) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser) — a print by Pechstein, nineteen twenty-one. Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover — about 40 by 30 centimeters.
Medium Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve woodcuts and one woodcut cover · Dimensions composition: 15 11/16 × 11 5/8" (39.8 × 29.6 cm); sheet: 23 3/8 × 16 1/8" (59.4 × 41 cm) · Credit Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Hanging beside it in Gallery 514: Portrait of Violinist Carlo von Rust (Bildnis des Geigers Carlo von Rust), Girl in Fairground Caravan
Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: A Happy New Year, The Machine-Gunneress in a State of Grace, Retrospective Bust of a Woman, The Devil with Claws, Untitled, Tiari
More by Max Pechstein here: Our Father / which art / in heaven (Vaterunser / Der Du bist / im Himmel) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser), Hallowed be / Thy name (Geheiliget werde / Dein Name) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser), But deliver us from evil (Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser), Title Page (Titelblatt) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser), Thy kingdom come / Thy will be done / on earth as it is in heaven (Dein Reich komme / Dein Wille geschehe / Wie im Himmel also auch auf Erden) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser), And forgive / us / our debts (und vergieb / uns / Unsre Schuld) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser)
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