Knabe mit Fahne (37. Jahresblatt II). 1967.
Lithograph.
Ebner/Gabelmann 1074 L II (of II). Dube L 395 II (of II). Signed and dated and with the dedictaion "Gute Wünsche u. Grüsse". Dated "68" in the plate. On wove paper. 16.7 x 13.9 cm (6.5 x 5.4 in). Sheet: 23,7 x 17,1 cm (9,3 x 6,7 in).
Published as annual sheet 37 II, 1967. In 1930 Heckel began to send a small graphic work, ususally a woodcut, with a symbolic message to his friends as a New Year greeting. Until 1968 he made some 38 "Jahresblätter". [CH/AM].
• Annual sheet with best wishes to friends, acquaintances and collectors for the following year 1968.
• Other copies of the lithograph are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Kupferstichkabinett of the State Art Collections Dresden.

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: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 361, SHG no. 599 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 275, SHG no. 630 (with illu.).

In very good condition. Each left corner with a faint creasemark.