Sale: 533 / Modern Art Day Sale and Gerlinger Collection, Dec. 10. 2022 in Munich Lot 412

 

412
Erich Heckel
und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner – Jahresbericht von 1911/12, 1912.
8 pages, of which 4 text pages, with oneWoodcut...
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€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
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€ 10,625 / $ 11,475

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und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner – Jahresbericht von 1911/12. 1912.
8 pages, of which 4 text pages, with oneWoodcut on both the cover and on the report's last page.
Woodcuts monogrammed in block. On book paper. Annual report: 19.2 x 12.6 cm (7.5 x 4.9 in). Erich Heckel: title woodcut (Ebner/Gabelmann 543 H. Dube H 229. Bolliger 40 a): 10 x 7,2 cm (3,9 x 2,8 in).
Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner: Akte in Landschaft (not in Schiefler. Dube H 204. Bolliger 40 b): 10 x 6.9 cm (3.9 x 2.7 in). [KT].
• Last annual report before the end of the "Brücke" in May 1913.
• With the two woodcuts by Heckel and Kirchner, this is the most important report of the total of five reports.
• The woodcuts unite the two key "Brücke" motifs: nude in the studio and plein-air nude.
• Other of the little known copies are in the Brücke-Museum, Berlin, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Brooklyn Museum, New York
.

PROVENANCE: Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).
Erich Heckel. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021, p. 182 (with illu.).

LITERATURE: Hans Bolliger, E. W. Kornfeld (ed.), Ausstellung Künstlergruppe Brücke. Jahresmappen 1906-1912, Bern 1958, p. 26, no. 40a, 40b (with illu.).
Hans Bolliger, Die Publikationen und Dokumente der Künstlergruppe „Brücke“, in: Philobiblon, year. III, issue 1, March 1959, pp. 41-71, no. 35 a, 35 b (with illu.).
Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel: Das graphische Werk, vol. I Holzschnitte, New York 1964, no. 229 (with illu.).
Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter Dube, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Das graphische Werk, Munich 1967, no. H 204 (with illu.).
Hans Bolliger, Die Publikationen und Dokumente der Künstlergruppe „Brücke“, in: Die Jahresmappen der „Brücke“ 1906-1912, ed. by Magdalena Moeller, ex. cat. Brücke Museum Berlin, Berlin 1989, pp. 12-31 (with illu. p. 24).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 121, SHG no. 84 a, 84 b (with illu.).
Meike Hoffmann, Leben und Schaffen der Künstlergruppe „Brücke“ 1905 bis 1913, mit einem kommentierten Werkverzeichnis der Geschäfts- und Ausstellungsgrafik, Berlin 2005, p. 298.
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 184, SHG no. 413a, 413b, p. 324, SHG no. 733 (with illu.).
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. I 1903-1913, Munich 2021, p. 338, no. 543 H (with illu.).

The annual report for 1912 was conceived as a booklet of eight pages. The four pages of text are preceded by a woodcut from Erich Heckel: Titled "1911 Brückee 1912," a female nude enters a room with a chair through a curtain. A woodcut with bathers on the island of Fehmarn by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner concludes the report. For the first time, two of the artists designed the annual report. As usual, the motifs of both artists refer to the central "Brücke" themes (nude in the Studio and nude in the Landscape) and demonstrate the current expressive will of the respective artists. Right at the beginning of the report the upcoming exhibition at Fritz Gurlitt in Berlin is mentioned, which will subsequently be shown in Frankfurt a. M., in Hamburg (Galerie Commeter) and in Switzerland. The catalog features woodcuts of paintings by the artists currently exhibited. The organization and participation of the artists in the Sonderbund exhibition in Cologne in the summer of 1912 is also mentioned. In addition, the publication of a chronicle of the artist group "Brücke" is announced: the "entire movement" is to be described in it and it will feature "numerous illustrations and original prints" by the artists. [MvL]



412
Erich Heckel
und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner – Jahresbericht von 1911/12, 1912.
8 pages, of which 4 text pages, with oneWoodcut...
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,160
Sold:
€ 10,625 / $ 11,475

(incl. surcharge)