Leuchtturm am Hafen (Port-Vendres). 1926.
Watercolor on paper.
Signed, dated and titled "Leuchtturm am Hafen" in lower right. On Johann Wilhelm wove paper (with the watermark). 54.2 x 64.3 cm (21.3 x 25.3 in), the full sheet.
[MH].

• Made during a trip to France in 1926 during which the artist found inspiration for spontaneous yet confident watercolors.
• As of the late 1920s, Heckel increasingly devoted himself to landscapes, both in Germany and on his travels throughout Europe.
• Together with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel was a founding member of the artist group "Brücke" in 1905.

We are grateful to Mrs. Renate Ebner, Erich Heckel Estate in Hemmenhofen, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Galerie Glöckner, Cologne (from the above in 1986).
Private collection Southern Germany (from the above in 1986, ever since family-owned).

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel zum 100. Geburtstag. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen und Graphik, Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin February 21 - May 7, 1983 (cat. no. 46).

In good condition. The upper margin slightly irregular from the making. Unobtrusive handling creases in the lower half of the sheet.