Mädchenkopf. 1911.
Graphite drawing.
Lower right signed, dated and titled. On wove paper. 24 x 30 cm (9.4 x 11.8 in), size of sheet.
[AR].

• Rare profile portrait of Siddi Riha, the artist's later wife.
• From the sought-after "Brücke" days.

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 1978).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel 1883-1970. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen. Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag des Malers, Städtische Galerie, Würzburg, July 3 - September 11, 1983, cat. no. 22.
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. 188, SHG no. 221 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 108, SHG no. 404 (with illu.).

In good condition. Margins slightly irregular and with small brownish stains that do not impair the fine overall impression. Graphite slightly wiped in places and with a small kink in the lower left corner and a small, superficial paper blemish between signature and title.