Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000309
126000309
Erich Heckel
Schiffe im Kanal, 1912.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 120,000 - 180,000
$ 140,400 - 210,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000309
Erich Heckel
Schiffe im Kanal, 1912.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 120,000 - 180,000
$ 140,400 - 210,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Erich Heckel
1883 - 1970
Schiffe im Kanal. 1912.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. 39.5 x 60 cm (15.5 x 23.6 in).
This is the first version of this motif. [MH].
• A pictorial view across the Semlow Canal in Stralsund, offering an intriguing perspective.
• Created in the summer of 1912, when Heckel and Siddi travelled to Hiddensee to meet Kirchner, and to visit the port city of Stralsund.
• From the peak of the “Brücke” period and the heyday of German Expressionism.
• Rediscovery: offered on the international auction market for the first time in over 30 years (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Josef Priem Collection, Bruges.
Private collection, Belgium (inherited from the above)
Private collection, Belgium (acquired from the above).
LITERATURE: Andreas Hüneke, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Wandbilder und Skulpturen, vol. I (1904-1918), Munich 2017, CR no. 1912-24 (illustrated in color on p. 177).
1883 - 1970
Schiffe im Kanal. 1912.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. 39.5 x 60 cm (15.5 x 23.6 in).
This is the first version of this motif. [MH].
• A pictorial view across the Semlow Canal in Stralsund, offering an intriguing perspective.
• Created in the summer of 1912, when Heckel and Siddi travelled to Hiddensee to meet Kirchner, and to visit the port city of Stralsund.
• From the peak of the “Brücke” period and the heyday of German Expressionism.
• Rediscovery: offered on the international auction market for the first time in over 30 years (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Josef Priem Collection, Bruges.
Private collection, Belgium (inherited from the above)
Private collection, Belgium (acquired from the above).
LITERATURE: Andreas Hüneke, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Wandbilder und Skulpturen, vol. I (1904-1918), Munich 2017, CR no. 1912-24 (illustrated in color on p. 177).
Erich Heckel’s “Schiffe im Kanal (1. Fassung)” captures a nighttime harbor scene that allows the viewer a direct sense of the moment’s atmosphere. The painting depicts two moored ships, their masts standing out dark, almost black, against the deep blue evening sky, while the water shimmers in bold, almost vibrating shades of blue and gray. The greenish-yellow quay wall draws the eye into the depth of the scene and also divides it into the warm tones of the houses and the cool tones of sky and water. Heckel’s brushwork is particularly striking: the colors are not applied smoothly, but in short, expressive strokes that lend the painting a lively texture. The water appears to be in motion through wave-like brushstrokes, while the buildings and ships are rendered in clear, albeit rough, contours. This painterly freedom reveals the nature of the “Brücke” group's art. Together with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and other fellow artists, Heckel sought a new, emotionally charged visual language.
Erich Heckel’s “Schiffe im Kanal (1. Fassung)” captures a nighttime harbor scene that allows the viewer a direct sense of the moment’s atmosphere. The painting depicts two moored ships, their masts standing out dark, almost black, against the deep blue evening sky, while the water shimmers in bold, almost vibrating shades of blue and gray. The greenish-yellow quay wall draws the eye into the depth of the scene and also divides it into the warm tones of the houses and the cool tones of sky and water. Heckel’s brushwork is particularly striking: the colors are not applied smoothly, but in short, expressive strokes that lend the painting a lively texture. The water appears to be in motion through wave-like brushstrokes, while the buildings and ships are rendered in clear, albeit rough, contours. This painterly freedom reveals the nature of the “Brücke” group's art. Together with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and other fellow artists, Heckel sought a new, emotionally charged visual language. [MH]
Erich Heckel’s “Schiffe im Kanal (1. Fassung)” captures a nighttime harbor scene that allows the viewer a direct sense of the moment’s atmosphere. The painting depicts two moored ships, their masts standing out dark, almost black, against the deep blue evening sky, while the water shimmers in bold, almost vibrating shades of blue and gray. The greenish-yellow quay wall draws the eye into the depth of the scene and also divides it into the warm tones of the houses and the cool tones of sky and water. Heckel’s brushwork is particularly striking: the colors are not applied smoothly, but in short, expressive strokes that lend the painting a lively texture. The water appears to be in motion through wave-like brushstrokes, while the buildings and ships are rendered in clear, albeit rough, contours. This painterly freedom reveals the nature of the “Brücke” group's art. Together with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and other fellow artists, Heckel sought a new, emotionally charged visual language. [MH]
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