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Lot 288 D

Erich Heckel - Badende. Verso: Sich bückende Figur

Auction 1004 - overview Cologne
30.11.2012, 00:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 15.000 € - 18.000 €
Result: 17.080 € (incl. premium)

Erich Heckel

Badende. Verso: Sich bückende Figur
1911

Aquarell und Graphit bzw. Graphitzeichnung 26,7/27.6 x 34,5 cm

According to the information given by the Heckel archives, the watercolour was sketched in Prerow, signature and inscription possibly added at later date. Related in motif is the lithograph "In den Dünen" (Dube 170) of 1911, a similar composition in the dunes with several figures, among them a standing nude in front of shrubs and a lying woman with crossed legs.

Certificate

We would like to thank Hans Geissler and Renate Ebner, Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen, for kindly given information; the watercolour is registered in the archives.

Provenance

Galerie Theo Hill, Cologne (frame label); since then Rhenish private collection, family possession

Exhibitions

Cologne 1965 (Galerie Theo Hill), Erich Heckel