Sale: 22 / Online Sale, June 15. 2024 → Lot 122000532
122000532
Erich Heckel
Straße in Roulers, 1915.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,800 Sold:
€ 15,875 / $ 18,256 (incl. surcharge)
122000532
Erich Heckel
Straße in Roulers, 1915.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,800 Sold:
€ 15,875 / $ 18,256 (incl. surcharge)
Straße in Roulers. 1915.
Watercolorand India ink over pencil.
Signed and dated in the righht center of the image. Titled in lower right. On paper. 30.1 x 24.3 cm (11.8 x 9.5 in), the full sheet. [JS].
• Expressive street scene in which the dymaic stroke and the bold colors of the houses make for a powerful composition.
• In March 1915, Heckel was deployed as a Red Cross nurse in Roeselare (French: Roulers) and Ostend, where he found little time to paint and draw.
• Apart from a few prints, only a few watercolors from this period have survived.
• In the same year, Heckel created his famous “Madonna of Ostend” (formerly Nationalgalerie Berlin, destroyed in 1945).
PROVENANCE: Estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 2015, SHG no. 464 b, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032).
EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel, Kunstverein Konstanz, 1977, cat. no. 25.
Erich Heckel, Städtische Galerie Würzburg, 1983, cat. no. 45.
Erich Heckel, Hans Thoma Gesellschaft Reutlingen / Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, 1988/89, cat. no. 24.
Erich Heckel, Schwedenspeicher-Museum Stade, 1996, no. 38 (leaflet).
Kriegszeit 1914-1918, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle, 2014, cat. no. 5 (with ill. p. 71).
In good condition. Right edge slightly irregula. Slightly rubbed in places, minimally browned.
Watercolorand India ink over pencil.
Signed and dated in the righht center of the image. Titled in lower right. On paper. 30.1 x 24.3 cm (11.8 x 9.5 in), the full sheet. [JS].
• Expressive street scene in which the dymaic stroke and the bold colors of the houses make for a powerful composition.
• In March 1915, Heckel was deployed as a Red Cross nurse in Roeselare (French: Roulers) and Ostend, where he found little time to paint and draw.
• Apart from a few prints, only a few watercolors from this period have survived.
• In the same year, Heckel created his famous “Madonna of Ostend” (formerly Nationalgalerie Berlin, destroyed in 1945).
PROVENANCE: Estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 2015, SHG no. 464 b, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032).
EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel, Kunstverein Konstanz, 1977, cat. no. 25.
Erich Heckel, Städtische Galerie Würzburg, 1983, cat. no. 45.
Erich Heckel, Hans Thoma Gesellschaft Reutlingen / Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, 1988/89, cat. no. 24.
Erich Heckel, Schwedenspeicher-Museum Stade, 1996, no. 38 (leaflet).
Kriegszeit 1914-1918, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle, 2014, cat. no. 5 (with ill. p. 71).
In good condition. Right edge slightly irregula. Slightly rubbed in places, minimally browned.
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