Am Ufer. 1911.
Black and color chalks with India Ink.
Lower right signed and dated. On wove paper. 27 x 34.2 cm (10.6 x 13.4 in), the full sheet.
[AR].

• Made during a summer stay on the peninsula of Darß on the Baltic coast.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

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: Artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Im Rhythmus der Natur, Landschaftsmalerei der "Brücke", Städtische Galerie, Ravensburg, October 28, 2006 - January 28, 2007, p. 93 (with colro illu.).
Erich Heckel. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 – March 7, 2021, p. 162 (with illu).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 182, SHG no. 409 (with illu.).

In good condition. All in all with tiny brownish spots that do not impair the fine overall impression. Bottom margin slightly irregularly trimmed and with faint kinks in both left corners.