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Erich Heckel (German, 1883-1970)

Heckel 1 / Heckel 2 / Heckel 3
German Expressionism: Survey I / Survey II / Survey III

"Käthe Kollwitz and German Expressionism" featured over fifty works by Käthe Kollwitz plus additional works by Ernst Barlach, Rudolf Bauer, Max Beckmann, Peter Behrens, Heinrich Campendonck, Marc Chagall, Lovis Corinth, Otto Dix, Lyonel Feininger,
Conrad Felixmuller, Hans Fronius, Alfons Graber, Otto Greiner, Georg Grosz, Erich Heckel, Hannah Hoch, Karl Hofer,
Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka, Ludwig Meidner, Edvard Munch,
Gabrielle Munter, Heinrich Nauen, Emile Nolde, Max Pechstein, Hilla von Rebay, Georges Rouault, Rudolf Schlichter,
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Siegfried Schott, Georg Tappert, Wilhelm Wagner, and others.

German Expressionist Drawings

The Russians: Chagall, Sonia Delaunay, Goncharova, Larionov, and Malevich
One of the founders of Die Brücke. (the Bridge) in 1905 along with Ernst Ludwig Kirschner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Heckel was intensely interested in printmaking. The artists of the group frequently circulated exhibitions of prints in woodcut, etching, and lithograph; their hope was to strike a prophetic chord and awaken their compatriots to a new, free, passionate age. Joined by Max Pechstein, Otto Müller, and Emil Nolde, the artists of the group exhibited their works in over twenty shows. Their work, all of which was condemned by the Nazis as "Degenerate," is intense, angular, and nervous.
Tanzende Matrosen / Dancing Sailers (Dube 350 b; Davis-Riffkind 1056: 5). Original color woodcut, 1930. Edition: 10 signed and impressions plus an edition of unknown size published in 1931 in Graphik der Gegenwart: Band I: Erich Heckel (Berlin: Euphorium Verlag, 1931). One of five woodcuts created especially for this book, this one is the most playful one of the group. The work is mounted on a sheet of archival paper for support. Old centerfold expertly repaired. Image size: 238x312mm. Price: $2500.
Printer (Dube 348 b; Davis-Riffkind 1056: 1). Original woodcut, 1930. Our impression is from the dust wrapper for Graphik der Gegenwart: Band I: Erich Heckel (Berlin: Euphorium Verlag, 1931). It was published in an edition of unknown size. One of five woodcuts created especially for this book, this depicts a printer printing woodcuts at a small press. The work is mounted on a sheet of archival paper for support. This was originally printed on the rear of the dust jacket of this early study of Heckel as a printmaker. Image size: 198x72mm. Price: $1500.
Grosse Wolke / Great Cloud (Dube 399ii). Original woodcut, 1951. A beautiful rich impression on very soft japon paper dated 1972 and signed by Heckel's widow, "Für Erich Heckel / Siddi Heckel 1976." Stamped verso: "Abdruck von der original platte [printed from the original block]" Dube lists two states but does not list an edition; this sems to be a proof posthumously pulled by his estate. A rich, crisp, clean impression with deep blacks and wide margins. The woodcut shows a picture of the island of Sylt and relates to the painting The Great Cloud (Vogt 1951 / 1). An impression signed by Erich Heckel and dated 1951 is in the Mountain City Museum (in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein). Very rare! Image size: 447x352mm. Price: $3250.
Schlafende frau / Sleeping woman (Dube 352). Original lithograph, 1952. Edition: 282 signed, dated and titled impressions from the only edition. Ours is a rich, crisp, clean impression with deep blacks. Image size: 367x262mm. Price: $3750.
Badende Kinder / Young Children Swimming (Dube 354 III). Original lithograph, 1952. Edition: 344 impressions for the Grifflekunst-Vereinugung signed and dated in pencil. A very good, clean impression with rich blacks and wide margins. Image size: 375x262mm. Price: $3750.
Winter in Angeln (Dube 361). Original lithograph, 1954. Edition: 327 signed and dated impressions from the only edition. Ours is a rich impression with deep blacks. Image size: 267x374mm. Price: $3250.
"Sitzende Frau am Strand / Seated nude by the shore" (Dube Dube 423 III). Original woodcut, 1957. Edition: 90 signed and numbered imressions. Ours is pencil-signed and titled by the artist. One of the most powerful of Heckel's later woodcuts. A very good, clean impression with dark constrasts. Image size: 402x296mm. Price: $4250.
Badende Madchen / Young Women Swimming (Dube 367 III A1). Original color woodcut, 1959. Edition: 50 signed and numbered impressions. A very good, clean impression with rich tone. Image size: 427x321mm. Price: SOLD.
Knabenbildnis (Dube 457). Original woodcut, 1967. Edition: 226 pencil-signed and dated impressions. A very good, clean impression. Image size: 447x312mm. Price: $3150.

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