Blick auf die Förde. 1919.
Watercolor.
Lower right signed and dated. Titled on the reverse and inscribed with the monogram "S. H." by Siddi Heckel. On thin paper. 43.5 x 58 cm (17.1 x 22.8 in), the full sheet. [CH].

• Atmospheric landscape watercolor with strong, opaque colors of pictorial effect.
• The year the work was made, Erich Heckel and his wife Siddi acquired a small farm on the Flensburg Fjord, where they had already spend the summer months since 1910.
• Expression of Heckel's love of his adopted home on the Baltic Sea, of the quiet surroundings, and his fascination for the landscape and vegetation and the vast horizon.

The work is registered in the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner and Mr Hans Geissler for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen.
Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia (from 1964, on consignment).
Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1983, 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 (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 307, SHG no. 469 (fig.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 490, SHG no. 217 (fig.).
"Heckel's landscapes provide an example of inner feelings translate into painting, into a specific genre of art. Nature is not viewed objectively and soberly, as a model for a masterly brushwork, precisely seen and transferred in exact colors and light, instead the artist feels the essence of nature, strong and yet delicate."
Ludwig Justi, quoted from: Karlheinz Gabler, Erich Heckel und sein Kreis, Dokumente, 1983, p. 156

In good condition. Small creases. Small stain in the upper left corner. Small loss of color in the center and in lower right.