Mädchenkopf (Fränzi). 1910.
Pencil drawing.
Lower right monogrammed. Signed on the reverse. On laid paper. 14.5 x 11 cm (5.7 x 4.3 in), size of sheet.
[AR].

• Small-size portrait of Fränzi, the most famous "Brücke" model.
• Made in 1910, a crucial year for the artist group.

The work is registered in the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner and Mr Hans Geissler for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1988, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p.181, SHG no. 208 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 170, SHG no. 383 (with illu.)).

In good condition. Left margin slightly irregularly trimmed.