Sale: 611 / Day Sale, Dec. 05. 2026 in Munich → Lot 119000458
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119000458
Erich Heckel
Hügel in der Campagna, 1909.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,400 - 23,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
119000458
Erich Heckel
Hügel in der Campagna, 1909.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,400 - 23,200
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Erich Heckel
1883 - 1970
Hügel in der Campagna. 1909.
Watercolor.
Signed and dated in the lower right; titled in the lower left. On firm wove paper. 34.5 x 43.2 cm (13.5 x 17 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• An Italian landscape characterized by beautiful vivid colors and a sense of lightness.
• Inspired by the diverse sensory impressions Heckel experienced during his stay in Italy in 1909.
• Landscape watercolors from this trip are rarely offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• The Brücke Museum in Berlin is home to a comprehensive collection of works from this creative period.
The work is registered in the estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Ms. Renate Ebner, M.A., for her kind assistance.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Theo Hill, Cologne (1968).
Galerie Koch, Hanover (1990).
Private collection (1990, acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel, Galerie Theo Hill, Cologne, 1968, cat. no. 2.
Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Arbeiten der Sommermonate 1908–1914, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, 1992, cat. no. 2.
Aquarelle der Brücke, Brücke Museum Berlin, Sept. 14, 1995–Jan. 7, 1996, cat. no. 56.
Pioniere der deutschen und russischen Avantgarde, von Barlach bis Macke, Von Exter bis Popowa, Galerie Orlando, Zurich, Nov. 1, 2007–Mar. 31, 2008.
Galerie Thole Rotermund, 2009, 3rd Düsseldorf Antiques and Art Fair.
LITERATURE: Sotheby’s, Munich, 20th-Century German Art, June 7, 1989, lot 29 (with color illustration).
Handelsblatt, February 2009, no. 31, Kunstmarkt (with color illustration).
1883 - 1970
Hügel in der Campagna. 1909.
Watercolor.
Signed and dated in the lower right; titled in the lower left. On firm wove paper. 34.5 x 43.2 cm (13.5 x 17 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• An Italian landscape characterized by beautiful vivid colors and a sense of lightness.
• Inspired by the diverse sensory impressions Heckel experienced during his stay in Italy in 1909.
• Landscape watercolors from this trip are rarely offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• The Brücke Museum in Berlin is home to a comprehensive collection of works from this creative period.
The work is registered in the estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Ms. Renate Ebner, M.A., for her kind assistance.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Theo Hill, Cologne (1968).
Galerie Koch, Hanover (1990).
Private collection (1990, acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel, Galerie Theo Hill, Cologne, 1968, cat. no. 2.
Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Arbeiten der Sommermonate 1908–1914, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, 1992, cat. no. 2.
Aquarelle der Brücke, Brücke Museum Berlin, Sept. 14, 1995–Jan. 7, 1996, cat. no. 56.
Pioniere der deutschen und russischen Avantgarde, von Barlach bis Macke, Von Exter bis Popowa, Galerie Orlando, Zurich, Nov. 1, 2007–Mar. 31, 2008.
Galerie Thole Rotermund, 2009, 3rd Düsseldorf Antiques and Art Fair.
LITERATURE: Sotheby’s, Munich, 20th-Century German Art, June 7, 1989, lot 29 (with color illustration).
Handelsblatt, February 2009, no. 31, Kunstmarkt (with color illustration).
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