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Lot 212 D

Erich Heckel - Badende

Auction 1224 - overview Cologne
07.06.2023, 11:00 - Day Sale - Modern Art
Estimate: 18.000 € - 22.000 €
Result: 21.420 € (incl. premium)

Erich Heckel

Badende
1922

Watercolour over charcoal drawing on firm paper. 62.2 x 46 cm. Framed under glass. Signed and dated 'Erich Heckel 22' in pencil lower right. Numbered and inscribed "187 Frauenakt am Strand" in pencil verso. - In fine condition with fresh colours. With irregularly torn upper margin (drawing block). Small, professionally restored tear at the right margin.

This watercolour was created along the Flensburg Firth, on the beach at Osterholz, where Heckel had owned a house since 1919 and spent his summers for many years. It is related to the painting “Mädchen am Meer” (Hüneke, 1922-4).

Certificate

We would like to thank Renate Ebner and Hans Geissler, Estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen, for kind information. The watercolour is recorded in the archive.

Provenance

Private collection Bavaria