Junges Mädchen. 1913.
Pencil drawing.
Signed, dated and titled. On off-white laid paper. 51 x 40 cm (20 x 15.7 in), size of sheet. [AM].

• Early portrait of Siddi, Erich Heckel's later wife.
• From the last "Brücke" year.
• Large work with a special expressiveness.

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 2000, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022)
Erich Heckel. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 – March 7, 2021, p. 221 (with illu).

LITERATURE: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 195, SHG no. 438 (with illu.).

In good condition. Sheet with small isolated pale stains. Upper left corner with an expertly closed split (ca. 130 mm).