Müde (Müdes Mädchen). 1913.
Woodcut.
Ebner/Gabelmann 579 H. Dube H 265 I (of II). Signed, dated and titled "Müdes Mädchen". One of 27 copies mentioned in the catalogue raisonné. On fine Zanders laid paper (with watermark). 46 x 33.5 cm (18.1 x 13.1 in). Sheet: 62 x 51 cm (24,4 x 20 in).
[CH/EH].
• Large-format sheet with an equally large and expressive depiction and a particularly elaborate interior drawing.
• The motif, which was so important for Heckel, can also be found in a lithograph, two pencil drawings and a painting from the same year (Folkwang Museum, Essen).
• Other copies of this woodcut are part of important museum collections, including the National Museum of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Brücke-Museum Berlin.
• Historically significant year of origin: In 1913, the group of artists announced their breakup due to internal quarrels.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (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, pp. 292f., SHG no. 433 (with illu., p. 293).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 201, SHG no. 555 (with illu.).