Erich Heckel
1883 - 1970
Vier Figuren. 1911.
Woodcut.
Signed and dated. To date, only three copies are known. On wove paper. 27.8 x 19.8 cm (10.9 x 7.7 in). Sheet: 54,1 x 34,2 cm (21,2 x 13,4 in).
[AW/AH].

• The motif was created during Heckel’s summer stays at the Moritzburg Lakes from 1909 to 1911.
• For the first time in over 40 years, a copy of this print is being offered on the international auction market (Source: artprice.com).
• Notable provenance: Formerly owned by the Hamburg collector Elsa Hopf, who had been a passive member of the artists’ group “Die Brücke” since 1910.

PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Elsa Hopf (1875–1943), Hamburg (with handwritten notation on the reverse).
Galerie Utermann, Dortmund.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above).

LITERATURE: Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das graphische Werk, vol. 1: Woodcuts, New York 1964, CR no. H 224.
Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, vol. 1: 1903–1913, Munich 2021, CR no. 501 H.

In good condition. Overall, with small brown spots. Slightly browned in places, more so in the lower quarter of the page. Very occasional small tears along the page edges, expertly restored. The upper page edges show slight wear. There is slight rubbing in the upper left area of the page. The outer page edges show occasional slight creases from handling.
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