Die Schleuse an der Alster bei Mellingstedt. 1913.
Pencil wiped, and worked over with India ink.
Signed and dated "Juni 1913" in lower right. On wove paper. 25.5 x 31.3 cm (10 x 12.3 in)Nearly the full sheet.
The work shows the lock in Mellingburg, Hamburg, with the boat chute that was added in 1910. [EH].
• Made during Heckel's stay at Gustav Schiefler's summer residence in Mellingstedt.
• The Mellingburg lock was located just below Schiefler's estate.

PROVENANCE: Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen aus Norddeutschland, Altonaer Museum Hamburg, October 27, 1970 - Febriúary 21, 1971, cat. no. 43
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).
Erich Heckel. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021, p. 197 (with illu.).

LITERATURE: Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 169th auction Modern Art June 20-22, 1979, lot 512.
Heinz Spielmann (editor), Die Maler der Brücke. Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 290, SHG 427 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (editors), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 198, SHG 444 (with illu.)
I.Woesthoff, "..die Schwere unseres Weges kann wohl Freude gebrauchen" - Erich Heckel und Gustav Schiefler, in: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (editor), Gemeinsames Ziel und eigene Wege. Die „Brücke“ und ihr Nachwirken, Munich 2009, p. 66, illu. 9.

In the summer of 1913, Erich Heckel visited the “Brücke“ patron Gustav Schiefler at his vacation home near Mellingstedt/Hamburg. Mellingstedter lock, located right below the house, is the motif of the present beautiful drawing. Heckel put main focus on the ramp used for rowing and paddle boats, which leads up to the embankment next to the river bank on the right. In this work Erich Heckel’s architecture studies become obvious. He shows the structural details with great precision, while the steeply rising bank, densely overgrown with trees, is sketched with expressive dynamic.

In good condition. All in all minimall discolored. Right and bottom margin slightly irregular from the making. [EH]