Drei Frauen am Wasser (Drei Mädchen). 1923.
Woodcut.
Signed, dated and inscribed "Probeabz". Lower left inscribed "Drei Frauen am Wasser - Probe". One of ten known copies. On J.W.Zanders wove paper (with the watermark). 40 x 32 cm (15.7 x 12.5 in). Sheet: 57,5 x 46,8 cm (22,6 x 18,4 in).
[KT].
• The motif shows bathers on the beach at Osterholz.
• A comparable scene can be found in the painting "Three Women", 1921.

We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner and Mr Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance, for their kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE:
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 2: 1914-1968, Munich 2021, no. 794 H A (of B).
Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das graphische Werk, vol. 1: Holzschnitte, New York 1964, no. 338 I A (of II).

Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 314, SHG no. 486 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 224, SHG no. 508 (illu.).

In good condition. The lower edge of the sheet slightly wavy due to the technique. Isolated tiny faint brown spots and faint handling marks in the lower margin, not affecting the image.