Weiße Dahlien. 1922.
Lithograph.
Siggned and dated. One of three known copies from this state. On wove paper by Johann Wilhelm (with the watermark). 58 x 42.2 cm (22.8 x 16.6 in). Sheet: 64,8 x 50,4 cm (25,5 x 19,8 in).
[AM].

• Large-format floral still life in high-contrast execution.
• Extremely rare: Only two other copies of this first print are known to date.
• One year after this lithograph and a watercolor with the same motif were made, Heckel also created a painting of the same motif (Hüneke 1923-21).

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)
Erich Heckel, Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021 (illu. on p. 290).

LITERATURE: Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel, Das graphische Werk, vol. 2, New York 1965, no. L 272 I a (of II).
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, volume 2: 1914-1968, Munich 2021, no. 790 L I a (of II).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 313, SHG no. 482 (illu. on p. 312).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 222, SHG no. 504 (illu.).

In good condition. Slight handling marks and creases in places of the margins. Very isolated tiny stains in the upper margin.