Schlafende. 1917.
Gouache over pencil.
Signed, dated and inscribed in lower right. On creme paper. 33.5 x 45 cm (13.1 x 17.7 in), the full sheet.
Verso with a ink brush study "Blick über den See", signed and dated "12".
• Erich Heckel was a founding member of the expressionist artist group “Brücke” (1905-1913)
• Heckel used the intimate motif of the sleeping woman in many of his creative periods.

This work is registered at the archive of the estate. We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner and Mr Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Germany (until 2015, Ketterer Kunst December 3 - 5, 2015).
Private collection Czech Republic (since 2015, acquired from aforementioned).

LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Auction 428, Modern Art, December 3 - 5, 2015, lot 44.