Fischerkopf. 1907.
Lithograph, hand-colored.
Dube L 2. Ebner/Gabelmann 172 L. Signed and dated and monogrammed in the stone. The only hand-colored copy of a total of 7 known prints. On creme paper. 32 x 26.5 cm (12.5 x 10.4 in). Sheet: 47 x 37 cm (18,5 x 14,5 in).
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• The only known hand-colored print.
• Very rare. Of the other six known copies in black and white, three are in museum collections (Museum Folkwang, Essen; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe; Brücke-Museum Berlin).
• The motif shows Heckel's enthusiasm for the authenticity of the fishing village and its inhabitants during his first summer stay in Dangast.

PROVENANCE: Alfred and Thekla Hess Collection, Erfurt ( with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 2796 a).
Galerie Stangl, Munich (with the stamp on the reverse).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (since 1992: Hauswedell, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032).
Amicable agreement between the above and the heirs of Alfred and Thekla Hess (2024).

The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made subject to an amicable agreement with the heirs of Alfred and Thekla Hess on the basis of a fair and just solution.

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. 164, SHG no. 174 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 151, SHG no. 334 (illu.).
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, Moderne Kunst, auction 293, June 12, 1992, lot 327.

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