Frau. 1920.
Woodcut.
Signed and dated. Inscribed "Frau" in lower left. One of to date 14 known copies. On wove paper. 47.4 x 37.5 cm (18.6 x 14.7 in). Sheet: 70 x 53,5 cm (27,6 x 21,1 in).
[KT].

• The work shows Siddi Heckel, the artist's wife.
• Painted in the studio in Osterholz, with the large sunflowers of the interior decoration in the background.
• Further copies of the sheet can be found inv, the Brücke-Museum, Berlin, the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz and the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf.

We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner and Mr Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance, for their kind expert advice.

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).

LITERATURE:
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 2: 1914-1968, Munich 2021, no. 757 H.
Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das graphische Werk, vol. 1: Holzschnitte, New York 1964, no. H 323.

Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 310-311, SHG no. 477 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. , SHG no. (illu.).

In good condition. Minor superficial soiling in the sheet edges. Lower left and lower sheet edge slightly creased. Tiny, professionally closed tears to the lower edge of the sheet. Isolated faint brown stains. In the upper margin with isolated skinned and rubbed spots.