Italienisches Mädchen (Studie). 1909.
Lithograph.
Ebner/Gabelmann 354 L. Dube L 125. Signed and dated as well as titled by Siddi Heckel in lower left. On firm wove paper. 18.2 x 17.9 cm (7.1 x 7 in). Sheet: 43,4 x 25,9 cm (17 x 10,1 in).
[AR].
• Very rare sheet, only five known copies.
• Immerdiately captured stylized portrait study.
• Made during Heckel's Italian journey in spring of 1909.
• Other copies are at the Museum Folkwang in Essen and the Brücke Museum in Berlin.

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

EXHIBITION: 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: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 161, SHG no. 363 (fig.).

In good condition. Upper right corner with an unobtrusively restored split and a loss. White margin soiled.