ERICH HECKEL Lot n° 20

Erich Heckel, Children. 1909/10. Oil on canvas. Hüneke 1910-77, Vogt 1910/5. Signed and dated "09" on the lower left. Verso signed, titled and dated "1909/10" on the stretcher and signed and dated again "1909/10" on the canvas. 58.5 x 77.5 cm (23 x 30.5 in). [SM]. - The year of creation, 1910, is one of the most formative years of KG "Brücke" and marks its artistic peak. - The essence of the "Brücke" style can be seen in the energetic strokes and bright colors. - Depicted is one of the most famous models: Fränzi, who became an icon of the "Brücke". - Impressive exhibition history. - One of the few surviving early works. - Of museum quality. PROVENIENCE: Studio of the artist (until at least 1964). Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf (probably acquired directly from the aforementioned or taken on commission). Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, acquired from the aforementioned in 1975). EXHIBITION: Galerie Dr. Goldschmidt - Dr. Wallerstein, Berlin (circa 1921/1926, with the fragmentary label on verso. Heckel exhibited five times at the gallery during the period in question; catalogs or lists of works are not known). Erich Heckel, Städtisches Museum, Kunstverein, Königsberg, 12.2.-18.3.1928, cat. no. 5. Erich Heckel, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Duisburg, 20.7.-1.9.1957, no. 15. Erich Heckel, Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, 1.3.-28.3.1958, cat.-no. 1 (m. ill.). L'espressionismo, pittura, scultura, architettura, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, March-June 1964, cat.-no. 121 (m. ill. p. 67; on the stretcher with the label). Erich Heckel, Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, 18.2.-25.3.1965, p. 12 (m. color ill.). German and French works of art, Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, 1966. Erich Heckel, Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, 1967, p. 5. German and French Masters, Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, 15.3.-31.5.1975, p. 3. Erich Heckel, Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, 21.5.-25.6.1981, p. 12 (with color illustrations, on loan from Hermann Gerlinger). Erich Heckel, Museum Folkwang, Essen, 18.9.-20.11.1983; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 10.12.1983-12.2.1984, cat. no. 20. 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, Sept. 10-Nov. 5, 2000, cat. no. 44, p. 131 (with color illustrations). Die Brücke in Dresden 1905-1911, Galerie Neue Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 6.10.2001-6.1.2002, cat.-no. 235 (m. color ill.). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017). Expressive. Die Künstler der "Brücke", Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Albertina Vienna, 1.6.-26.8.2007, cat. no. 80 (m. color ill.). The View of Fränzi and Marcella. Two Models of the Brücke Artists Heckel, Kirchner and Pechstein, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, 29.8.2010-9.1.2011; Stiftung Moritzburg, Halle (Saale), 6.2.-1.5.2011, cat.-no. 78 (m. color ill.). Inspiration of the Strange, The Bridge Painters and Non-European Art, Moritzburg Art Museum, Halle, Nov. 13-Jan. 29, 2017, cat. no. 30 (w. 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, Oct. 28, 2017-Feb. 25, 2018, pp. 206ff. (w. color ill.). LITERATURE: Städtisches Kunstmusem Duisburg (ed.), Erich Heckel: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik aus 50 Schaffensjahren, Duisburg 1957, no. 15. Zdenek Felix (ed.), Erich Heckel: 1983-1970. paintings, watercolors, drawings and graphic art, Munich 1983, no. 20, p. 101 (with color illustrations). Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 182, SHG no. 211 (w. color ill.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Bestandskatalog Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 172, SHG no. 388. Hanna Strzoda, Die Ateliers Ernst Ludwig Kirchners, Petersberg 2006, pp. 155-156. Klaus Albrecht Schröder (ed.), Expressiv! The Artists of the Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Munich 2007, p. 136. Ulrike Lorenz, Die Brücke, Cologne 2008, p. 36. Bridge Building: Gerlinger - Buchheim! Museum Guide through the "Brücke" Collections of Hermann Gerlinger and Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Feldafing 2017, p. 206ff. (m. ill., p. 207). Call time: 10.06.2022 - approx. 17.38 h +/- 20 min.