Am Silser See. 1955.
Watercolor over chalk.
Lower right signed, dated and titled. On rose laid paper. 48 x 62.5 cm (18.8 x 24.6 in), the full sheet.
Verso with the stamp of the "Zollamt Öhningen". [AR].
• The paper's tender rose underlines the mountaion landscape's harmonious colors
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

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: From the artist's estate (until 1974).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel. Aquarelle, Galerie Räber, Lucerne, June 14 - August 8, 1965, cat. no. 21.
Erich Heckel. 1883-1970, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, July 2 - November 20, 1973, cat. no. 129.
Erich Heckel 1883-1970. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag des Malers, Städtische Galerie, Würzburg, July 3 - September 11, 1983, cat. no. 104 (with color illu.).
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).
Erich Heckel, Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021, extended until June 20, 2021 (with color illu. on p. 383).
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. 350, SHG no. 569 (with color illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 262f, SHG no. 596 (with color illu.).

In very good condition.