Mädchen vorm Spiegel. 1920.
Drypoint with plate tone.
Dube R 145 II (of II). Ebner/Gabelmann 769 R II (of II). Signed, dated, titled "Mädchem am Spiegel" and inscribed "Probedruck". One of to date 19 copies from the 2nd state registered by Ebner/Gabelmann with the dense lines on the wall and below the window etc. 3 copies from the 1st state are also mentioned. On firm Japon. 32 x 19.9 cm (12.5 x 7.8 in). Sheet: 55,5 x 35,3 cm (21,9 x 13,9 in).
The same year Heckel made the similar painting "Am Spiegel" (Hünecke 1920-5). [JS].
• Burred print with harmonious plate tone.
• Fascinating composition: The mirrored nude and the view from the window make this sheet particularly appealing.
• The edgy lines and the strong contours testify to the graphic mastery of the "Brücke".
• In many museum exhibitions.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, 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. 279 (fig.).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 308, SHG no. 471 (fig.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 217, SHG no. 492 (fig.).

In good condition. With a few insignificant creases in the corners. The wide margins with isolated faint traces of rubbing and foxing. In the image with very few, small pinpoint rubbings.