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The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 12 – For Ever and Ever. Amen! (Das Vaterunser – von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen!)

Max Pechstein

Artwork Details

The Lord’s Prayer, sheet 12 – For Ever and Ever. Amen! (Das Vaterunser – von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit. Amen!)
1921
Max Pechstein
woodcut with hand-coloring on paper
23 ½ in x 16 ¼ in (59.69 cm x 41.28 cm);28 ⅛ in x 22 in (71.44 cm x 55.88 cm)
Museum Purchase
1948/1.434

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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 sufferring and despair experienced by many Germans in the aftermath of the First World War and the economic crisis that followed.
This, the final, sheet shows two hands in a position to clasp one another, a hopeful symbol of brotherhood and of overcoming Germany's crises.

Physical Description:

One forearm extends from the upper left side and ends to the right of center in a hand with palm down. Another arm extends from the lower right and ends in the lower left in a hand with palm up. Between the hands is the word "Amen!" in large letters.

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