Sale: 403 / Modern Art, April 19. 2013 in Munich Lot 113

 

113
Erich Heckel
Matrose im Profil nach rechts, 1915.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 7,000 / $ 7,560
Sold:
€ 9,375 / $ 10,125

(incl. surcharge)
Matrose im Profil nach rechts. 1915.
Watercolor over pencil drawing.
Signed and dated in right, titled "-Matrose-" lower left. On thin board with canvas embossing. 15,2 x 27,4 cm (5,9 x 10,7 in), size of sheet.
Colorful study, executed in an easy duct, which Erich Heckel made during World War I, while he was stationed in Flanders as paramedic. [KD].

The work is registered in the Erich Heckel estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Renate Ebner and Hans Geissler for their kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Northern Germany.




113
Erich Heckel
Matrose im Profil nach rechts, 1915.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 7,000 / $ 7,560
Sold:
€ 9,375 / $ 10,125

(incl. surcharge)