Am Strand. 1923.
Lithograph.
Signed, dated and titled as well as numbered by a hand other than that of the artist. From an edition of 20 copies aside from several unnumbered copies. On smooth wove paper. 38 x 32.7 cm (14.9 x 12.8 in). Sheet: 70 x 55,5 cm (27,5 x 21,9 in).
[AR].

• Around 1923, bathers were among Heckel's favorite motifs.
• These works show an existence in unspoiled nature liberated from the constraints of everyday life.
• The work shows two women on the beach at Osterholz on the Flensburg Firth.

PROVENANCE: Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1991, 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).
Erich Heckel, Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021 (color illu. on p. 299).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel, Das graphische Werk, vol. 2, New York 1965, no. L 278.
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, volume 2: 1914-1968, Munich 2021, no. 795 L a (of b).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 314, SHG no. 487 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 224f., SHG no. 509 (color illu.).

In good condition. With a few creases and small traces from the making in the lower margin. Unobtrusive creases along the left and right margins. The dark stains in the paper probably all due to the paper production, possibly with the exception of a dark stain in the lower left next to the image.