Männerkopf (Kopf / Mann). 1909.
Lithograph.
Signed and dated. One of 6 known copies. On gray wove paper. 32.7 x 27.4 cm (12.8 x 10.7 in). Sheet: 45,8 x 36,1 cm (18 x 14,2 in).
[AM].

• Expressive self-portrait with bold strokes.
• One of only six known copies.
• Further copies of this extremely rare print are part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz.

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, extended until June 20, 2021 (illu., p. 118).

LITERATURE: Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel, Das graphische Werk, vol. 2, New York 1965, no. L 127 II (of II).
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, volume 1: 1903-1913, Munich 2021, no. 350 L II (of II).

Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 181, SHG no. 206 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 170, SHG no. 381 (illu.).

The sheet all in all slightly irregularly discolored and with handling marks and creases. With very isolated traces of rubbing and scratching. The paper with stains in places of the margins. The lower left quarter of the image with an approximately 20.5 cm long tear, professionally restored. The two upper sheet corners with superficial paper losses.