Man with Black Head Scarf

Erich Heckel (Döbeln 1883 - Radolfzell/Bodensee 1970)

1913. LIthograph/cardboard. 50,5 x 28 cm. Framed under glass. Lower right signed and dated Erich Heckel 13. This newly discovered print is one of only six known copies. Three are in the collections of the Brücke Museum in Berlin, the National Gallery in Washington, and the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. - Expertise: Renate Ebner from the Heckel Archive in Hemmenhofen kindly confirmed the authenticity. - Literature: Catalogue raisoné: Ebner/Gabelmann 598 L - One of the most eminent exponents of expressionism. H. was besides Kirchner, Schmidt-Rottluf and F. Bleyl among the founders of the ‘Brücke’ in Dresden in 1905. He shared a studio with Kirchner for a extended period, after travelling widely he moved to Berlin in 1911 where he contributed to establish expressionism internationally. During World War I he served as corpsman in Flanders where he met M. Beckmann and J. Ensor. After the war he received numerous private and public commissions, as early as 1931 he was honoured with a great retrospective. Outlawed by the Nazis he retired to Lake Constance, a large number of his works was seized and destroyed. After WW II many exhibitions and awards payed tribute to him, among others he exhibited at the Documenta I in 1955. From 1949 to 1955 he was lecturer at the Karlsruhe academy. Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal., Brücke-Museum), New York (Neue Gal.), Madrid (Mus. Thyssen-Bornemisza), Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Mus.), Essen (Folkwang-Mus.) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit, P. Vogt: E. H., Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, 1965 a. others.