Aus einem alten Nest (Aus Amorbach/In einem kleinen Dorf). 1905.
Woodcut on linen.
Signed, dated and titled. One of to date only six known copies. 5.2 x 9.8 cm (2 x 3.8 in). Size of linen: 6,9 x 10,3 cm (2,7 x 4 in).
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• Very early woodcut from Erich Heckel's study years in Dresden.
• The work shows the bridge in Amorbach with the figure of Nepomuk.
• Created during a study trip in which Fritz Bleyl also took part.
• Extremely rare, one of to date only six known copies.

PROVENANCE: Collection of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Berlin/Frauenkirch/Davos (gifted from the artist).
Erna Kirchner, Davos (inherited from the above in 1938).
Walter Kern Collection, Davos (acquired from the above in 1942, with the collector's stamp on the accompanying backing board, Lugt 1567a).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1986: Kornfeld, 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 (Dpermanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).
Erich Heckel. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021, extended until June 20, 2021 (illu. on p. 68).

LITERATURE: Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 1: 1903-1913, Munich 2021, no. 74 H (illu).
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Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, auction 192, June 18 - 20, 1986, lot 316 (illu. on p. 79).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 95, SHG no. 30 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Heinz Spielmann (eds.), Brücke-Almanach 1999. Fritz Bleyl und die frühen Jahre der "Brücke", Schleswig 1999, pp. 17ff. (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 142, SHG no. 315 (illu.).

In good condition. The fabric is slightly frayed in the edges. Small inconspicuous brownish discolorations in places. An old cardboard backing with collector's stamp of Walter Kern is part of the lot.