Bei Säckingen. 1921.
Watercolor and gouache over pencil.
Signed and dated in lower right. On laid paper by C. Fichtner (with watermark). 37.3 x 44.2 cm (14.6 x 17.4 in), the full sheet.
The towers in the middle of the landscape are part of the Convent Säckingen. A painting with the same motif from 1921 is also in existence (cf. Vogt 1921, 27; Hüneke 1921-25). [CE].

We are grateful to Mrs. Renate Ebner and Mr. Hans Geissler, estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Kronprinzen-Palais (in 1922 acquired fromthe artist, until 1937. Verso with the stamp Lugt 1640 and the inventory number F III 275; no. 32).
State ownership (1937-1940, number 12250 on "degenerate art" index)
Hildebrand Gurlitt, Hamburg (in 1940 acquired from aforementioned).
Private collection Southern Germany.

LITERATURE: https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/db_entart_kunst/datenbank/ (EK-Nr.: 12250).
Annegret Janda und Jörn Grabowski, Kunst in Deutschland 1905-1937. Die verlorene Sammlung der Nationalgalerie, Berlin 1992, p. 114, illu. on p. 114, cat. no. 138.
Franz Roh, "Entartete" Kunst. Kunstbarbarei im Dritten Reich, Hanover 1962. p. 129.

In good condition. Slightly discolored and with tiny isolated soiled spots. Lower right corner with a small paper loss. Lower margin with slight smoothed creasemarks and two minimal splits (ca. 2 mm). [CE]