ERICH HECKEL Lot n° 12

Erich Heckel, Fränzi with blanket. 1909. Watercolor and gouache. Signed and dated later on the lower right. Titled by Siddi Heckel at lower left. On smooth drawing paper. 22.2 x 28.3 cm (8.7 x 11.1 in), sheet size. [EH]. - Unique in this condition and freshness of color. - The works of Heckel and Kirchner, created at the Moritzburg Ponds, are considered absolutely outstanding testimonies of Expressionism. - Image of the artistic dream of unconstrained life in nature. - Depicted is the favorite model Fränzi. The work is listed in the estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We thank Mrs. Renate Ebner and Mr. Hans Geissler for their kind support. PROVENANCE: Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp). EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel 1883-1970. watercolors, drawings, exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the painter's birth, Städtische Galerie, Würzburg, July 3-9, 1983, cat. no. 11 (w. color illustrations). Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001). Women in the Art and Life of the "Brücke", Schleswig-Holstein State Museum, Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, 10.9.-5.11.2000, cat. no. 41 (with color illustrations). The Bridge in Dresden. 1905-1911, Dresden Castle, Dresden State Art Collections, Neue Meister Gallery, 20.10.2001-6.1.2002, cat.-no. 278 (with color illustrations). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017). Expressive. The Artists of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Albertina, Vienna, 1.6.-26.8.2007, cat. no. 77 (m. color ill.). The View of Fränzi and Marcella. Two Models by the Brücke Artists Heckel, Kirchner and Pechstein, Sprengelmuseum Hannover, 29.8.2010-9.1.2011; Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), 6.2.-1.5.2011, cat.-no. 75 (m. color ill.). Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022). Bridging the gap: Gerlinger - Buchheim, Buchheim Museum of the Imagination, Bernried am Starnberger See, 28.10.2017-25.2.2018, p. 198 (w. color ill.). LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 179, SHG no. 203. Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Bestandskatalog Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 168, SHG no. 377 (m. ill.). Meike Hoffmann, Experiencing Nature Collectively. Goethe, Steiner, Lipps, and the Bathing Scenes of the "Brücke" Artists, in: Franz Schwarzbauer, Andreas Gabelmann (eds.), Im Rhythmus der Natur: Landschaftsmalerei der "Brücke". Meisterwerke der Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Ostfildern 2006, p. 41 (m. ill.). Katja Schneider (ed.), Moderne und Gegenwart. Das Kunstmuseum in Halle, Munich 2008, p. 120 (m. color ill.). Gerd Presler, Fränzi. End of a Mistake. Three "Brücke" painters - one model, o.O.. [Weingarten] 2015 (m. color ill. p. 98). Bridging: Gerlinger - Buchheim! Museum Guide through the "Brücke" Collections of Hermann Gerlinger and Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Feldafing 2017, p. 198 (m. ill., p. 199). "When we went to the Moritzburg ponds, it was not only because of the scenic backdrop, but above all because of the naturalness of the human movements. [...] People brought their canvases with them and painted directly in front of nature." Erich Heckel in conversation with R. N. Ketterer 1958, in: Dialoge. Vol. 2, Stuttgart 1988, p. 48. Call time: 10.06.2022 - approx. 17.22 h +/- 20 min.