Sale: 611 / Day Sale, Dec. 05. 2026 in Munich → Lot 119000459
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119000459
Erich Heckel
Liegende Frau (Siddi), 1911/12.
Watercolor over pencil
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.
119000459
Erich Heckel
Liegende Frau (Siddi), 1911/12.
Watercolor over pencil
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
Liegende Frau (Siddi). 1911/12.
Watercolor over pencil.
Signed and dated “1911/12” in the lower right. On thin paper. 22.2 x 29.3 cm (8.7 x 11.5 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• From the peak period of the “Brücke” group.
• Study for the oil painting “Leidende Frau” (Ailing Woman, destroyed in a studio fire in 1944; formerly in the Municipal Museum of Gdansk (Hüneke 1912-1)).
• A characteristic example of Heckel’s style from this period, featuring sharp angles and complex spatial structures.
• Depiction of his future wife, Siddi Riha, with whom he lived in a humble attic apartment in Berlin.
• During this period, Sidi is frequently depicted reclining, frail and in poor health, as is also the case in the famous triptych “Genesende” in the Harvard Art Museum / Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge.
The work is registered with the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Ms. Renate Ebner, M.A., for her kind assistance.
PROVENANCE: Helen Seger, New York.
Galerie Utermann, Dortmund.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 2007).
EXHIBITION: 11. Westdeutsche Kunstmesse Düsseldorf, 1980.
Fülle des Herbstes. Expressionism and Classical Modernism—A Selection. Galerie Neher, Oct. 12, 1996–Jan. 21, 1997, cat. no. 18.
LITERATURE: Sotheby’s, London, German and Austrian 20th-Century Art, December 9, 1997, lot 51 (with color illustration).
1883 - 1970
Liegende Frau (Siddi). 1911/12.
Watercolor over pencil.
Signed and dated “1911/12” in the lower right. On thin paper. 22.2 x 29.3 cm (8.7 x 11.5 in), the full sheet. [EH].
• From the peak period of the “Brücke” group.
• Study for the oil painting “Leidende Frau” (Ailing Woman, destroyed in a studio fire in 1944; formerly in the Municipal Museum of Gdansk (Hüneke 1912-1)).
• A characteristic example of Heckel’s style from this period, featuring sharp angles and complex spatial structures.
• Depiction of his future wife, Siddi Riha, with whom he lived in a humble attic apartment in Berlin.
• During this period, Sidi is frequently depicted reclining, frail and in poor health, as is also the case in the famous triptych “Genesende” in the Harvard Art Museum / Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge.
The work is registered with the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Ms. Renate Ebner, M.A., for her kind assistance.
PROVENANCE: Helen Seger, New York.
Galerie Utermann, Dortmund.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 2007).
EXHIBITION: 11. Westdeutsche Kunstmesse Düsseldorf, 1980.
Fülle des Herbstes. Expressionism and Classical Modernism—A Selection. Galerie Neher, Oct. 12, 1996–Jan. 21, 1997, cat. no. 18.
LITERATURE: Sotheby’s, London, German and Austrian 20th-Century Art, December 9, 1997, lot 51 (with color illustration).
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