Mädchenkopf. 1919.
Etching.
Signed, dated and inscribed "Muster 1. Probedruck" and titled in the lower edge, presumably by a hand other than that of the artist. 1st trial proof. Only known print from the Ist state. 29.2 x 19 cm (11.4 x 7.4 in). Sheet: 42,5 x 33,1 cm (16,7 x 13 in).
According to Dube, an unnumbered edition from the II. state was printed for I. B. Neumann, Berlin 1920. [JS].

• Rarity. 1st trial proof and the only known print from the first state of printing before the hatching in the hair and in the areas in the background.
• After the end of the First World War, Heckel returned to Berlin in November 1918 and continued his outstanding expressionist work from before the war.
• Heckel's young wife Sidi (married in 1915) is depicted on the basis of his painting "Weibliches Bildnis" from 1913.

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

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel, Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021 (illu. on p. 266).

LITERATURE: Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel, Das graphische Werk, vol. 2, New York 1965, no. R 144.
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, volume 2: 1914-1968, Munich 2021, no 752 R I (of II).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 304, SHG no. 462 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 214, SHG no. 483 (illu.).

In good condition. A few insignificant creases, compression marks and rubbing in the wide margins, primarily in the area of the edges. [JS]