Sale: 436 / Modern Art I, Dec. 10. 2016 in Munich Lot 217

 

217
Erich Heckel
Stehender weiblicher Akt, 1919.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,210
Sold:
€ 8,125 / $ 8,693

(incl. surcharge)
Stehender weiblicher Akt. 1919.
Hand-colored Woodcut.
Cfl. Dube H320 II. Verso signed by Siddi Heckel. On a blank postcard. 15.3 x 10.7 cm (6 x 4.2 in), the full sheet.
The motif shows a section of the woodcut "Frauen am Strand" from 1919.
Postcard without address and postal stamp. Written by Siddi Heckel to Dr. Maxim Reifs, Frankfurt. [JA].
Expressionist greeting that allows insight into the artist's everyday life.
We are grateful to Renate Ebner and Hans Geissler, estate Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen at Lake Constance, for the kind support in cataloging this lto.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Frankfurt (addressee's son).

EXHIBITION: Expressionistische Grüße - Künstlerpostkarten der 'Brücke' und des 'Blauen Reiter', Brücke Museum, Berlin 14 February - 21 April 1991/Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München 7 May - 7 July 1991/Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken 4 August - 22 September 1991 (cat. no. 82, with color illu. on p. 115, illu. on rear of p. 226).




217
Erich Heckel
Stehender weiblicher Akt, 1919.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,210
Sold:
€ 8,125 / $ 8,693

(incl. surcharge)