Nordseeküste. 1955.
Woodcut.
Ebner/Gabelmann 982 H A. Dube H 412 A. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "Probe“. Trial proof aside from the edition. On firm off-white wove paper. 28.9 x 40 cm (11.3 x 15.7 in). Sheet: 40,1 x 54 cm (15,8 x 21,3 in).

• Effectively executed woodcut in the artist's characteristic style.
• Intense depiction of the coast of the island of Sylt, where Erich Heckel spent the turn of the year 1954/55.
• Other copies of this expressive woodcut are at the Albertina, Vienna, the Brücke-Museum, Berlin, and the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe.

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).
Erich Heckel. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 – March 7, 2021, p. 382 (fig.).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 348, SHG no. 567 (fig.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 261, SHG no. 593 (fig.).

In good condition. With a few pale and small (brown) spots in the margins. Upper and lower edge with isolated, small creases, not impairing the overall impression. Upper edge with a few slight creases and left side with two small, superficial paper losses. Along the left edge of the sheet with a barely visible, minimal pressure trace.