Mädchen im Profil (Italienerin). 1909.
Lithograph.
Signed and dated. One of two known copies. On firm creme paper. 18.3 x 18 cm (7.2 x 7 in). Sheet: 29,8 x 31,4 cm (11,7 x 12,3 in).
[JS].

• Rarity. One of to date only two known copies.
• The second copy is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
• From the best "Brücke" period.
• The motif of the characterful profile head was created during Heckel's trip to Italy in 1909.

PROVENANCE: Barbara Wentzel, Stuttgart (presumably inherited from Prof. Hans Wentzel in 1975).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1989, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, 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: Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das Graphische Werk, vol. 1: Holzschnitte, no. L 131.
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 1: 1903-1913, Munich 2021, no. 357 L (illu.).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 180f., SHG no. 207 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 170, SHG no. 382 (illu.).

In good condition. Slightly browned and with minimal foxing in the margins.