Art, literature & historyThe Artist's Mother-in-Law
1910
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Gouache on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 33 × 25 cm (13 × 9 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1985.395
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Artist's Mother-in-Law — Max Pechstein. 1910.
Medium: Gouache on cream wove paper. Dimensions: 33 × 25 cm (13 × 9 7/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
When this drawing was acquired in 1985, the sitter had been identified as Pechstein's first wife, Lotte. In 1988, the museum was contacted by his son, Max Pechstein, who identified the subject not as Lotte, but as Lotte's mother, Frau Kaprolat.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.