Häuser und Bäume. 1919.
Gouache.
Signed and dated in the lower left. On glassine. 43.4 x 58.2 cm (17 x 22.9 in), the ful sheet.
[MH].

• Atmospheric depiction in harmonious colors.
• Part of the same private collection for more than 60 years.
• Erich Heckel, along with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and Fritz Bleyl, was a founding member of the Expressionist artists' association “Brücke” in 1905.

The work is listed in the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Ms. Renate Ebner for her kind support in cataloging this lot.
We would like to thank the heirs of Curt Glaser and their legal representatives for their friendly cooperation.

PROVENANCE: Curt Glaser Collection, Berlin (until 1933: Max Perl).
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Stuttgart (1959).
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (acquired from the above in 1959).
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (inherited from the above)
Amicable agreement between the above and the heirs of Dr. Curt Glaser (2025).
The work is free from restitution claims. The offer is made in amicable agreement with the heirs of Curt Glaser on the basis of a fair and just solution.

LITERATURE: Max Perl Berlin, Bücher, Handzeichnungen, Gemälde, Graphik des 16. - 20. Jahrhunderts. Plastik, japan. Holzschnitte, Kunstgewerbe; auction on May 18 and 19, 1933 (catalog no. 180), lot 877.
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Stuttgart, inventory catalog 6,1959/60, cat. no. 341 ( illustrated on p. 31).

In good condition. Minimal mount staining. Isolated tiny paper defects on the left edge of the image above the center and in the upper left and right corners. Paper mounting around the edges on the reverse.
For information concerning the condition, please view the high resolution image / backside image.