Vorm Bad. 1907.
Woodcut.
Signed, dated and titled, as well as monogrammed "H" in the porinting block. From an edition of 10 known copies. On slightly grayish paper. 17.3 x 11.4 cm (6.8 x 4.4 in). Sheet: 36,9 x 23,6 cm (14,5 x 9,2 in).
[JS].

• From the early "Brücke" period.
• The female nude is the central motif of the Dresden "Brücke" artists.
• Rare. Only 10 copies known.
• Today 4 copies are museum-owned: Brücke Museum, Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Museum Folkwang, Essen, and Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

PROVENANCE: Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1999, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: 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).

LITERATURE: Renate Ebner / Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. I 1903-1913, Munich 2021, p. 91, no. 137 H (illu. different copy).
Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das Graphische Werk, vol. 1 Holzschnitte, p. 17, no. 135.
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 151, SHG no. 333 (illu.).

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