Via Appia. 1909.
India Ink, pen and brush.
Lower right signed and dated. Lower left titled. On off-white Ingres. 34.5 x 48.1 cm (13.5 x 18.9 in), the full sheet.
[KT].
• Fascinating document from Heckel's
• Depiction of one of the most famous parts of Via Appia with the grave of Cecilia Metella in left
• Remarkable landscape composition in a fascinating combination of pictorial and tectonic elements.

The work is registered in the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner and Mr Hans Geissler for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Schweinsteiger, Munich.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1987, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel, Farbholzschnitte, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Ausstellung zum 90. Geburtstag, Graphische Sammlung Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, December 7, 1973 - February 10, 1974, no. 47.
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).
Expressiv! Die Künstler der Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina Vienna, June 1 - August 26, 2007, cat. no. 73 (with illu.).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, SHG no. 199 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, SHG no. 372 (with illu.).

Good impression. With isolated smoothed creases, particularly in right margin and in lower right corner, there slightly rubbed. Edges with isolated, expertly rebacked splits and slight handling marks, with isolated adhesions in the margin.