Junger Clown. 19291929.
Woodcut in colors.
Dube 344 b. Signed, dated and inscribed "Probe". Trial proof aside from the edition. On off-white laid paper. 29.4 x 15.5 cm (11.5 x 6.1 in). Sheet: 43,5 x 36 cm (17,1 x 14,1 in).
[CH].
• Strongly colored print in two contrasting colors.
• The world of vaudeville, theater and circus was one of the main motifs of the "Brücke" artists and had a lasting influence on Heckel's artistic work up to his late creative period.
• Throughout his life, Heckel was regarded a sensitive observer: the seriousness and melancholy that can also be felt here characterize the portraits and depictions of figures throughout his oeuvre.
• A further copy of this color woodcut is in the collection of the Museum Folkwang, Essen.

PROVENANCE: Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (mit dem Sammlerstempel, 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. 326, SHG no. 508 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 238, SHG no. 532 (illu.).

In good condition. Slightly wavy in the outer area of the wide margin due to technique and material. With a few faint pressure marks and traces of rubbing in the margin.