Knieendes Mädchen. 1912.
India Ink.
Lower right signed and dated. On wove paper. 50 x 34.5 cm (19.6 x 13.5 in), size of sheet.

• Intimate insight into the new residence/studio on Mommsenstraße in Berlin.
• Siddi working on the wall decorations of the studio, which are documented by photographs.
• Of an outstanding graphic quality.

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: Artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1993, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel zur Vollendung des siebenten Lebensjahrzehntes, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, July 18 - September 15, 1953, cat. no. 182.
Erich Heckel. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021, p. 187 (with illu.).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 192, SHG no. 233 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, SHG no. 419 (with illu.).

In good condition. All in all somewhat discolored and with a few tiny brownish spots in margins. Right margin with a small horizontal wrinkle.[EH]