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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 16, 2024 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Modern and Contemporary Art | 122000321 | $****** - ****** | Am Meer - Sylt |
Works on Paper
44.7 x 70.1 cm (17.6 x 27.6 in)
Watercolor, On creme wove paper, the full sheet
Lower right signed and dated. Titled "Am Meer" on the reverse; Inscribed with the abbreviations on the colors by the artist, presumably added in the studio at a later point. [CH].
Estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen. Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1987, with the collector"s stamp, Lugt 6032).
Erich Heckel. Aquarelle und Zeichngen aus Norddeutschland, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg, October 27, 1970 - February 21, 1971, cat. no. 113. Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017). Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 331, SHG no. 520 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 243, SHG no. 544 (illu.). Large-format North Sea landscape in good condition. Sheet slightly browned. Tiny creases and crimped spots in the margins. Isolated small tears in the lower edge of the sheet. Colors minimally faded.
Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel
Am Meer - Sylt
1935.
Watercolor.
Lower right signed and dated. Titled "Am Meer" on the reverse. On creme wove paper. 44.7 x 70.1 cm (17.5 x 27.5 in), the full sheet.
Inscribed with the abbreviations on the colors by the artist, presumably added in the studio at a later point. [CH].
• For the first time exhibited in the year of the artist"s death.
• Atmospheric dune landscape in an impressive format.
• In addition to his preference for the Baltic coast, where he and his wife Siddi bought a small farmhouse, Heckel spent many summers on the German North Sea coast, particularly in Kampen on the island of Sylt.
• Due to a material shortage, the artist devoted himself to works in watercolor during these years
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The work is registered in the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
