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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 8, 2024 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Modern Art Day Sale | 403 | $****** - ****** | Gelbe Wand |
Works on Paper
34.5 x 43 cm (13.58 x 16.93 in)
Watercolor., On firm laid paper, the full sheet
Lower right signed, dated and titled
Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d"Italia. Galerie Thomas, Munich. Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1985, with the collector"s stamp Lugt 6032).
Erich Heckel. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, February 26 - April 17, 1966, cat. no. 24 (with illu. on p. 43). Erich Heckel, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d"Italia, 1970, p. 40, cat. no. 12 (with color illu.). Erich Heckel zum 90. Geburtstag. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d"Italia, 1973, p. 46, cat. no. 24 (with color illu.). Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017). Erich Heckel, Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021, extended until June 20, 2021 (with color illu. on p. 110). Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).
Roman Norbert Ketterer (ed.), Moderne Kunst, Campione d"Italia 1963 (with illu.), 1965 (cat. no. 51, with illu. on p. 74), 1971 (cat. no. 40, with color illu. on p. 81). Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 172f., SHG no. 194 (with color illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 163, SHG no. 367 (with color illu.). "The last couple of days have been wonderful, the sky shimmering blue and the sun hot, so I"m all well, I am working early in the morning and in the afternoon." Erich Heckel, transcription of a letter in the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen. Called up: June 8, 2024 - ca. 17.04 h +/- 20 min.
Erich Heckel
Gelbe Wand
1909.
Watercolor.
Lower right signed, dated and titled. On firm laid paper. 34.5 x 43 cm (13.5 x 16.9 in), the full sheet.
• Intense depiction of a Roman landscape in radiant colors.
• Inspired by a multitude of impressions gained on his Italian journey in 1909.
• Landscape watercolors made on this journey are rarely offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• The Brücke Museum in Berlin is home of the largest body of works from this creative period
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The work is documented in the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. There with title "Fabrik". We are grateful to Ms Renate Ebner and Mr Hans Geissler for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
