Erich Heckel - Fördeküste - image-1

Lot 297 D

Erich Heckel - Fördeküste

Auction 1051 - overview Cologne
29.05.2015, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 10.540 € (incl. premium)

Erich Heckel

Fördeküste
1939

Watercolour, gouache and coloured chalk on ribbed laid paper 53 x 69 cm Framed under glass. Signed and dated 'Heckel 39' in pencil lower left. - The paper browned. Mounted along the edges on the reverse to an older mat.

This work shows a view of the steep coastal landscape of the Flensburger Förde, which Heckel first visited in 1913 and later spent the summer and autumn months of 1919 to 1943 (Hans Geissler).

Certificate

We would like to thank Hans Geissler and Renate Ebner, Erich Heckel Stiftung Hemmenhofen, for the confirmatory information.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist; in family possession since the 1940s, Hesse