Bauernhaus. 1911.
Watercolor over pencil.
Lower right signed, dated and titled. Image inscribed with the colors "weiss", "blau" and "rot". On fine paper. 27.2 x 34.2 cm (10.7 x 13.4 in), the full sheet. [JS].

• Impressive watercolor from the "Brücke" heyday.
• Part of many museum exhibitions between 1983 and 2021.
• Heckel captured the characteristic Baltic landscape and architecture in radiant colors and an expressive flow.
• The color codes suggest later prints.

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

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel 1883-1970, Aquarelle - Zeichnungen, Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag des Malers, Städtische Galerie Würzburg 1983, cat. no. 20.
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)
Erich Heckel. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 – March 7, 2021, p. 163 (with illu).

LITERATURE: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 189, SHG no. 226 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 182-183, SHG no. 410 (with illu.).

In good condition. Evenly discolored, corners with isoalted spots and margins creased.